SAL ORD. XXIX. Hesperidew. MYRTUS PIMENTA.’ 
_ Pimento can scarcely be considered as a medicine: it is, 
however, an agreeable aromatic, and on this account is not un- 
frequently employed with different drugs, requiring such a 
grateful adjunct. . Both the Pharmacopceias direct an aqueous 
and spirituous distillation to be made from these berries, and 
_ the Edinburgh College order also the Oleum essentiale piperis 
Jamaicensis. 
MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRON. _ CAJEPUT-TREE, 
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Cajeput Gaeun) Pharm. Murray. iit. 319. Bergius. 639. 
* Ed. New Dispens, 153. 
SYNON YMA. Arbor. alba (major) Caju Puti. Rumph. Herb. 
Amb. vol. 2. p. 72. t. 16. ~Melalenca Kajupoetie. - Houttuyn 
Natuurlyke. Historie. P. 2. Sect. $3, p. 212. t. 15. Melal. Leuca- 
dendra. De Loureiro Flor. Cochin. p. 468. 
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connata in 5 corpora. Stylus 1. Caps. semivestita calyce | 
baccato, ay 3- locularis. » | 
Sp. Ch. - M. Polyadelphia, foliis alternis lanceolatis subfalcatis 
quinquenerviis, = ‘elongata. 
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