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dicine, and very balfamic. It is not foluble in water, but readily 

 in fpirits of wine. The genus is not afcertained. 



The Peppermint Tree, the fuppofed Eucaliptus oUiqua of Peppermint 

 .VHeretiery Sert. Angl. p. 18, grows to the height of a hundred 

 feetj and thirty in girth*; the leaves are lanceolate and pointed, 

 marked with numerous relinous fpots, in which the efllntial oil 

 relitles ; the berries grow in cluiters, and are open at top. The oil 

 extracted from the leaves is fo like that which is drawn from our 

 peppermint, that Mr. White called the tree by that name. The 

 oil has been proved to be more c fEcacious than any other medi- 

 cine for removing colicky complaints.. 



The T^ea 'Tree of the fame author, p. 229. tab. 24, is of the Tea Tree. 

 genus of Melaleuca. Mr. IFbite fuppofes it to be the fame with 

 the Camunium of Rumph. Amboin. v. p. 29. tab. 18, which grows 

 in China and Amboina. 



The Szveef Tea is another flirub ; both make a tea not un- Sweet Tea 

 pleafant, and this is faid to be a good antifcorbutic. - i>HRUB. 



The Red Gum Tree, or Eucaliptus Refinifera, White, p. 231. Red Gum Tree. 

 tab. 25 ; grows to the fize of our large ftoaks ; the wood is brittle, 

 and good for nothing but fuel ; it contains a vaft quantity of red 

 gum, like the gum Kino. Some of our voyagers compare it to 

 gum dragon. A fingle tree, on inciiion, will yield lixty gallons. 

 It dillolves alnoft entirely in fpirits of wine, and gives them a 

 red color. In dyfenterie^ (which our convi(fts were much af- 

 fliifled with) it was found fidl as efficacious as the gum Kino. 



Mr. Hazvkfzvortb, iii. p. 569, has favored us with the fecret, HiEiscns 

 that the Hibifcus Biliaceus grows here. It is the Moboe, or bark 

 tree of the Wejl Indies; Sloane, Jaw. i. p. 215. tab. 134. fig. 4; 



* White, p. .206, tab. 23. 



and 



