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C E R ATOPE T A LU M gummi ferum. 
Th ree-leaved Red-gum Tree, 
DECANDRIA Momogyxia. 
Gen. Char. Cal. 5-partitus, ftanniiiferus, i^eriilteiis. 
Petala 5, pinnatifida. Anihero' calcaratx. Capf. in 
fiindo calycis, te6la,-bilocuIaris. 
Cal. 5-cleft, bearing the ftamina, ])ermanent. Petals 
5, pinnatifid. Antheri?- with a fpur. Capf. in the bot- 
tom of the calyx, covered, two-celled. 
WHEN a botanill firif enters on the invelhgation 
of fo remote a countr}^ as New Holland, he finds himfelf 
as it were in a new world. He can fcgrcely meet with 
any certain fixed points from whence to draw his ana- 
logies ; and even thofe that appear moft promifing, are 
frequently in danger of milleading, inftead of informing 
him. Whole tribes of plants, which at firit fight feem 
familiar to his acquaintance, as occupying links in Na- 
ture’s chain, on which he has been accuftomed to de- 
pend. 
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