of the Nfltural Order of MyrtU sflj 



and barely of the fame diameter with it, not broader. It is more- 

 over not fo fmooth, nor of the membranous texture of the tereti- 

 cornis, but thick and leathery as in the other fpecies, feparating 

 entirely from the bafe. 



Fig* g in Mr. White's plate we now know to be a difeafed flower, 

 not an impregnated one* 



5. E. caphellata, operculo conico obtufiufculo calyceque angu- 



lofo fubancipiti, capitulis lateraiibus fohtaiiis, fructu glo- 

 bofo, foliis ovato-Ianceolatis. 

 E. capitellata. Bot. of New Holland, 42. 



Fruit, White s Voy % 226. tab. fg. a. 



.... 



This efientially differs from all the preceding, in bearing its 



flowers in capiiula, or little heads, (that is, without partial flower- 

 ftalks; inftead of umbels. The cover is not more than equal to the 

 calyx in length, angular like that part, and compreiTed at the fum- 

 mit. The leaves ovato-lanceolate, rigid, oblique. 

 < 



6. E. faligna, operculo conico acuto calyceque angulofo fub- 



ancipiti, capitulis lateraiibus folitariis, fru&u turbinato, 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis. 



The leaves are narrower and lefs coriaceous than in mod of the 

 fpecies. The little heads of flowers grow on thortifh flower- ftalks*. 

 one from the bofom of each leaf. The flowers are fmaller than in 

 any of the others. Their covers acute, the length of the calyx. 

 Fruit turbinate with a (lightly recurved margin, and crowned with, 

 the pyramidal permanent bafe of the ftyle. 







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