PEPPERMINT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
but we dare not assert it to be the same spe- 
cies ; nor can this point be determined, by any 
botanist, till the flowers,' and every other part, 
are seen and compared together. The best- 
specimens of each, which could be procured in 
England, have in fa6l been compared, and no 
specific difference was found to exist between 
them. The Eucalyptus Obliqua, when dried, 
has an aromatic flavour, somewhat similar to 
our plant. We have remarked, indeed^f* 
says Mr. White's account, innumerable 
minute white spots, besides the resinous- 
ones, on both surfaces of the leaves, in some 
specimens of the garden plant, which are 
not to be seen in our's ; and the branches of 
the former are rough, with small scaly tu- 
bercles. But how far these are constant, we 
'cannot decisively pronounce. The obliquity 
in the leaves, one side being shorter at the bas.e 
than the other, as well as somewhat narrower 
all the way up, as in the Begonia Nitida of 
the Hortus Kcwensis, is remarkable in both 
plants.'* 
A quart of the essential oil of this New 
South Wales Peppermint was sent, by Mr. 
White, 
