CHINA. 1751. 15 



ported by Bamboo flicks. What follows is its 

 defcription : the calyx is monophyllous, bi- 

 dentated : the corolla is monopetalous : its 

 tube filiform, fhorter than the limbus ; which 

 is fexfid, with oblong lacirim, of which the 

 exterior ones are fomewhat larger, and include 

 the filaments ; which are fhorter than the corol- 

 la, and faflened at the bafe of the limbus : 

 the anthers are oblong, narrow, erected : the 

 fijlillum is longer than the filaments : the ger- 

 men is oval, and refts on the tube of the co- 

 rolla : the fiylus runs into a point : the Jligma 

 is entire, and inflected. The tree is more than 

 twice the height of a man. Thefle?n is very 

 ramofe, uncovered, rough: the branches are 

 bent, naked, and have bunches of leaves at 

 their ends : the leaves are lanceolated, fword- 

 fhaped, only grow at the top, are numerous, 

 reddifh, with floated foot-ftalks, or with re- 

 voluted margins : the flowers grow at the top, 

 in form of Corymbi; each of them is fmall 

 and red. 



Epidendron enfifolium was planted in flower- 

 pots. Its flowers had an exceeding fine fcent, 

 efpecially after fun-fet. 



Chryfanthemum Indicum. About 30 plants 

 of this fpecies were put into each flower-pot. 



They 



