ajG Dr. Smith'/ Botankd Chara5lers offonie Plants 



bcnv or capfule, formed of the body of the calyx, or inverted with 

 it, confiftingof one or more cells, each cell containing one or more 

 feeds. White is the prevailing colour of the flowers. 1 know no 

 in fiance of an inclination to blue. 



Such is the general idea of the order : there are, however, fome 

 exceptions. Eucalyptus of L'Heritier, and Calyptranthes of Swartz, 

 have no proper petals, but in their flead a fimple operculum, or cover. 

 Philadelphus has a deeply divided ftyle, as well as dentated, deci- 

 duous leaves ; in Decumaria, and EJcallonia alfo, the leaves are not 

 entire. This laft, and two other genera (Backea and Memecylon) 

 with which M. de Juflleu" was not pra6fically acquainted, he has 

 placed in his preceding order of Onagri, becaufe they have 

 ftamina definite in number, that is, as many, or, at moft, twice as 

 many, as the teeth of the calyx. But I am perfuaded, if he had 

 feen all thefe, he would have defined his order of Myrti fo as to 

 admit them, which is ventured upon in the charadter given above. 



It is not my prefent intention to treat of every genus in this fa- 

 mily, nor even to enumerate them all. The difficulty of arranging 

 fome beautiful kinds from New South Wales firft led me to ftudy 

 the order, and to thefe I fliall principally confine my remarks. 

 They belong to the following 9 genera. 



1. Imbricaria. Jungla of Gartner. 



2. Bffickea of Linnaeus. 



3. Leptofpermum of Forfer, 



4. Fabricia of Gartner. 



5. Metrofideros of Banks and Gartner, 



6. Melaleuca of Linnaus. 



7. Myrtus of all authors. 



8. Eugenia of Micheli, Linnaus, and Juffieu. 



9. Eucalyptus of VHeritler. 



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