APPENDIX. 
in England, which Mr, L' Heritier has defcribed in 
his Sertum Anglkum by the name of Eucalyptus obUqua^ 
though it is commonly called in the gardens Metrojtderos 
obliqua\ but we dare not aflert it to be the fame fpecies, 
nor can this point be determined till the flowers and every 
part of both be feen and compared; we have compared 
the beft fpecimens we could procure of each, and find no 
fpecific difference. The Eucalyptus obliqua has, when dried, 
an aromatic flavour fomewhat fimilar to our plant. We 
have remarked indeed innumerable minute white fpots, 
befides the reflnous ones, on both furfaces of the leaves 
in fome fpecimens of the garden plant, which are not to 
be feen in ours, and the branches of the former are rough, 
with fmall fcaly tubercles. But how far thefe are conftant 
we cannot tell. The obliquity in the leaves, one flde being 
fhorter at the bafe than the other, as well as fomewhat 
narrower all the way up, as in the Begonia nitida of the 
Hortus Kewenfs^ is remarkable in both plants. 
The figure reprefents a branch of the Peppermint Tree 
in leaf : on one fide of it part of a leaf feparate, bearing the 
gall of fome infedt ; on the other the fruit above defcribed. 
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