a88 Dr. Smith'j Botanical CharaSiers offome Plants^ h?c. 



operculum, as well as in being fmaller in all its parts. The umbels 

 do not form fo confiderable a compound cluftcr or corymbus, but are 

 colleded about the tops of the branches into a fmall panicle, the 

 lowermofl: of them being axillary. 



My fpecimens were gathered at Port Jackfon by Mr. David Bur- 

 ton, and I received them from Sir Jofeph Banks's herbarium. 



Of all thefe twelve fpecies of Eucalyptus, I am not certain of any 

 more being in the gardens than the corymbofa, obliqua, and piperita. 

 The latter is very common, and may be known by its fmell, refem- 

 bling that of peppermint. — There are however feveral New Holland 

 fhrubs in the colleftions about London, which I fufpedl to belong 

 to the fame genus ; but having never feen their fruftilication, I 

 cannot afcertain them. 



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