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did not wither, and filled it with the mod 

 agreeable fmell. On the IJle of Temaie none 

 but princeflfes are allowed to wear this precious 

 flower, which is but too fcarcc a . The fhape 

 of it is as follows : 



The corolla is pentapetalous : the three ex- 

 terior petals are oblong : the two interior ones 

 are roundifn oval, expanded ; the upper lip 

 of the neclarium is fhorter and inflefted ; the 

 lower is pinnatifid and inflected ; it has four 

 laclnia, of which the two greater ones are 

 obtufe at the bottom, but the two others are 

 very fmall and ftiarp : the gland at the bottom 

 of. the neclarium is bifid, yellow, with little 

 red dots : the point of the lower-Up has two 

 filiform appendages : the roots are numerous, 

 foft, flat, and flick to the barks of trees. It 

 has only three leaves, which (land at the root, 

 are undivided, and without nerves, almofl 

 falcated : the Jialk is undivided : the flowers 

 are alternate at the top. 



Pavetta Indica, a little tree, which was 

 not far off the watering-place. 



Jasminum azoreum grew below the high 



trees. 



• R.tmpb, Herb. Amb. Angnecura alb. majus. 



E 2 Hibiscus 



