PEPPERMINT OF NEVv' SOUTH WALES. 
but as it were cutofF at the top, rugged on the 
outside, hard and woody, and of a dark brown 
colour. At the top is a large orifice, which 
shews the internal part of the capsule divided 
into four cells, and having a square column in 
the centre, from v.'hich the partitions of the 
cell arise. These partitions extend to the rim 
of the capsule, and terminate in four small 
projedlions, which look like the teeth of a 
calyx. The seeds are numerous, small, and 
angular." 
The oil obtained from the leaves of this tree ' 
has been experienced to be much more effica- ! 
cious in removing all chollcky complaints, 
than that of the English Peppermint ; which 
Mr. White attributes to it's being less pungent, 
and more aromatic. 
This Peppermint Tree of New South \\ ales jl 
appears to be of the same genus with a tree ff 
which is cultivated in some English green- !j 
houses, and which Mr. L'Heritierhas described, ji 
in his Sertum Anglicum, by the name of Eu- i 
calvptus Obiiqua ; though it is commonly 
called, in the gardens, Metrosidcros Obliqua:* 
but 
