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with his Cistus sempervirens Laurifolia, Jloribus eleganter bullatis 

 Virginiana (Aim. IO6.; Fhyt. t. "iQl. f. 3.); that is, with the 

 Kalmia angustifolia : but he acknowledges that the plants are 

 different ; indeed they have no sort of affinity, 



Rumphius, under the name Folium Prmcipissa, described 

 (Herb. Amb. iv. 111.) what he considered to be the same with 

 the Belilla : but under this name he evidently described two very 

 distinct species (latifolium and angustifoUum) of the same genus ; 

 nor does he mention which he considered as the same with the 

 Belilla. We may however observe, that he says, " Latifolia 

 speciei folia quodammodo cum illis Brassica conveniunt, suntque 

 amplaet subrotunda,inobtusum apicem desinentia, — lanuginosa, 

 septem, octo et novem pollices longa, sex septemve lata. — Unus 

 autem ex quinque radiis (laciniis) calycis excrescit in folium album 

 odoratum instar unguenti cujusdam aromatic! — in usu apud mu- 

 iieres ad corpora sua lavanda, cum ipsis gratum concilient odo- 

 rem." Again, he says of the other species : "Angustifolia spe- 

 ciei folia sunt minora angustiora firmiora nee adeo lanuginosa, 

 et folium ex calyce album fere inodorum." It is to this evi- 

 dently that the figure (t. 51.) refers ; for its leaves are small and 

 sharp-pointed, having no sort of resemblance to those of a Bras- 

 aica. Now Rheede says, " Folia oblongo-rotunda (ovata) cum 

 cuspide angusto in vertice (acuminata), pilosa, ac lanuginosa — 

 Folium albissimum, quod loco quinti calycis folii cuspidati fruc- 

 tus vertici insidet, odoris sylvestris." Now from what is above 

 stated, the Folium Principissce angustifoUum has by far the greatest 

 resemblance to the Belilla ; but then the flowers of the latter 

 " interius colorem habent rubicundo pulchrum, seu scarlati- 

 num;" while those of the Folium Principissa are "interne maxime 

 lutei." It is true, that this is said expressly of the F. P. latifo- 

 lium only ; but it is said, " angustifolii flores latifolii sunt simi- 

 les ;" and a plant, which I think the F. P. angustifoUum, has ac- 

 cordingly 



