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der, then called Phalangium, but fince altered; the Phalan- 
gium of Linneus being well known to be harmlefs. 
Each flower lafts but a day, but the number of buds which 
are ready to open as the preceding flower droops, fcarce- 
ly ever fuffer it, through the whole fummer, to appear with- | 
out bloffoms —and from this circumftance, Tournefort called 
it Ephemerum, but Linneus altered it to Tradeftantia. 
One particular which relates to its generic character, is 
flamenta villis articulatis, expreffive of the hairs on the fla- 
ment being compofed of joints, but as the microfcope, or 
microfcopical figures only can reprefent this fmall and fingular 
abject, we beg leave to refer our readers to the Minutie of 
Vegetables. ci oc et e 
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, VINCA 
