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Syn. E. piperita, White's Foy, p. 226, figure of the 
leaves only. 
A fine elTential oil, much like that of Peppermint, is 
obtained from this fpecies, and every part of the dried 
plant exhales the fame odour when rubbed. — We are 
now convinced this is diftindl from the following, hav- 
ing compared the flowers of both. At the fame time 
we have obferved the minute white fpots on the leaves 
{JVhite's Foy. 228.) in E. piperita^ as well as in the other. 
5. E. obliqua., operculo hemifphaerico mucronulato, 
umbellis lateralibus folitariis ; pedunculis ramulifque 
teretibus. 
Lid hemifpherical, with a little point. Umbels la- 
teral, folitary : flower-ftalks and young branches 
round. 
Syn. E. obliqua. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. 157. U Merit. 
Sert. Angl. t. 20. 
From the only fpecimen we have feen of this, which 
is in Sir Jofeph Banks’s herbarium, it appears the 
branches are all round to the very top. Geiieral flower- 
Jlalks round, the partial ones only flightly angular, not 
compreflcd. Bark rough from the fcaling off of the 
cuticle, but this may be an unnatural appearance. Leaves 
ovato-lanceolate, aromatic, but without the flavour of 
peppermint. 
6. E. corymhofa^ operculo hemifphaerico mucronulato, 
umbellis cor^nubofo-paniculatis terminalibus. 
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