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and longer than the flalk ; the jpatha is torn, 

 and generally withered : the flowers which 

 form the umbella are white, and confifl of fix- 

 oval, oblong, concave, erected petals : the fix 

 filaments are pointed at the top, as long as the 

 corolla, and come from the thalamus : the an- 

 them are oblong, fhort, and upright : the ger- 

 men is round, blunt, and triangular ; the 

 Jiylus is as long as the filaments ; thejiigma is 

 erected: the capfula is globular and triloculare 

 the feeds are generally oval and angular. It 

 thrives moll under bullies of the 



Passerina hlrfuia\ the fiem of which has 

 many branches fimilar to thofe of the juniper 

 fhrub, has no leaves, is round and diiFufe ; 

 the branches are full of leaves, and bent every 

 way : the leaves grow alternately, are feffile, 

 carnofe, fmall, ovato-lanceolated, depreifed in 

 the middle, with a concave margin, woolly 

 and white at the top, and dark-green below : 

 the flowers have no pedimculi ; they are fmall, 

 of a yellow colour, and come in great num- 

 bers from the fame buds with the leaves : in- 

 Read of the calyx, which is wanting, are four 

 or more leaves under the flowers : the corolla, 

 confiib of an infundibiiH-favm petal, whofe 



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