of the Natural Order of Myrti, i 8 7 



their fpecrfic chara&ers are very fimilar. The leaves of E. piperita 

 are nearly ovate, though oblique. Flowers fmaller than thofe of 

 the preceding, and fituated all in great numbers about the lower 

 part of the branches, not near the ton, a few of the umbels only 

 being iolitary, the reft uniting to form feveral panicles or corymbi. 



10. E. ob/iqua, operculo hemifphserico mucronulato, umbellis 



lateralibus iolitariis ; pedunculis ramulifque teretibus. 

 E. obliqua. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. 157. VHerit. Serf. 

 /. 20. Bot. of New Holland, 43. 



A native of the warmer parts of New Holland. It is the only 

 fpecies here defcribed which we have not received from Port Jack- 

 fon» The round branches and flower- f talks diftinguilh it from the 

 laft, to which it is moft nearly allied. 



11. E. corymb fa, operculo hemifphserico mucronulato, calycc 



tereti, umbellis corymbolo-paniculatis terminalibus. 

 E. corymbofa. Bot. of New HoJand, 43. 



The flowers are large and handfome, forming magnificent ter- 

 minal panicled clufters of umbels, by which this fpecies is readily 

 diftinguiihed. Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous. Fruit turbinate, the 

 permanent calyx forming a very high urceolate border, the ftyle 

 remaining in the centre of the cavity. 



A fine plant of this kind is in the collection of Meflrs. Lee and 

 Kennedy, but has not yet flowered* 



12. E. paniculata, operculo hemifphaerico fubmutico, calyce 



angulolo, umbellis fubpaniculatis terminalibus. 



This differs from the laft in its angular calyx and lefs pointed 

 5 operculum* 



