CALYPTRANTIIUS. 



CALYPTRANTHUS. 



Tube of the calyx obovate ; limb before flowering entire, at 

 the time of flowering cut round the base and forming a lateral 

 deciduous operculum. Petals none, or 2-3, very small. Stamens 

 numerous ; filaments capillary ; anthers small, round, 2-celled ; 

 cells 2-4-seeded ; style 1 ; stigma simple. Berry abortive, 

 1-celled, 1-4-seeded. 



157. C. aromatica A. de St. H.pl. us. t. 14. DC. prodr. iii. 

 258. — The forests of Rio Janeiro. 



A shrub. Leaves connate, oblong-elliptical, quite smooth. Peduncles 

 panicled, axillary or terminal, in pairs, long. Petals 2-3, small, 

 greenish. — Young flower-buds have much the same qualities as cloves, 

 for which they might be advantageously substituted according to Aug. 

 de St. Hilaire. 



EUCALYPTUS. 



Tube of the calyx obovate or globose, cup-shaped, permanent ; 

 limb entire, resembling a lid, cut all round the base, and wholly 

 deciduous. Petals none. Stamens numerous, distinct. Cap- 

 sule 4-celled, or by abortion 3-celled, many-seeded, opening 

 at the apex. — New- Holland trees of a considerable size. 

 Leaves usually alternate, sometimes opposite. 



158. E. resinifera Smith in Whites Voyage, 331. t. 25. Exot. 

 hot. ii. t. 84. Bot. repos. t. 400. — Metrosideros gummifera 

 Goertn. i. t. 34. f. 1. — New Holland. 



Leaves with very minute and numerous little dots, ovate-lanceolate* 

 with long tapering points, narrowed to the base, with a vein next the 

 margin. Flowers umbellate, on a compressed peduncle rather longer 

 than the petiole. Lid conical, taper, leathery, twice as long as the 

 capsule. — Bark so extremely astringent as to yield a concrete juice 

 resembling Kino, and sold as such. 



159. E. robusta Smith in Linn, trans, iii. p. 283. often con- 

 tains large cavities in its stem, between the annual concentric 

 circles of wood, filled with a most beautiful red or rich vermilion 

 coloured gum. 



160. E. mannifera Mudie in med. bot. trans. 1834, p. 211, 

 in New Holland exudes a saccharine mucous substance resem- 

 bling manna in action and appearance, but less nauseous. It is 

 not produced by insects, and only appears in the dry season. Med. 

 Hot. trans. 1. c. Other species yield a similar secretion at More- 

 ton Bay and in Van Dieman's Land. Mr. Backhouse says it 

 coagulates and drops from the leaves in particles often as large 

 as an almond. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 69. 



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