PEPPERMINT OF. NEW, .SOUTH WALES* 
** The Peppermint Tree, or Eucalyptus 
Piperita, grows to the height of more than a 
hundred feet, and is above thirty feet in cir* 
cumference. The bark is very smooth, hke 
that of the poplar. The younger branches, 
which are long and slender, are angulated near 
the top ; but, as they grow older, the angles 
disappear. Their hark is smooth, and of a 
reddish brown. The leaves are alternate, lan- 
ceolat^y pointed, very entire, smooth on both 
sides, and remarkably unequal, or oblique, at 
their base ; the veins alternate, and not very 
conspicuous. The whole surface of both 
sides of the leaves is marked with numerous . 
minute resinous spots, in which the essential 
oil resides. The foot-stalks are about half au 
inch in length, round on the under side, an- 
gular above, and quite smooth. The flowers 
we have not seen. What Mr. White has sent 
as the ripe capsules of this tree, (although not 
attached to the specimen of the leaves) grow 
11 clusters, from six to eight in each, sessile, 
md conglomerated. These clusters are sup- 
ported on angular alternate footstalks, which 
form a kind of panicle. Each capsule is 
ibout the size of a hawthorn -berry, globular, 
but 
