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higher than about two yards, and is very ra- 

 mofe and full of fpines f ; and the other in 

 lower places, as high as eighteen feet, and 

 without fpines s. We went through the little 

 wood of Bamboo trees, and came to a high 

 even fpot, where the Chinefe buried their 

 dead. 



Some coffins flood above the ground, and 

 were put clofe to the trees like' bee-hives. 

 They occafioned a flench, which made me keep 

 off. In this manner they bury thofe whofe 

 kindred is either unknown, or who come from 

 ?ery diflant parts. 



In the burying-place I found 



Euphorbia neriifolia, which is ufed for 

 hedges. 



Solan urn diphyllum* 



Hibifcus ficulneus . 



Frutex baccis albis, folils obverfe ovatis, 



Nydajithes hirfuta : the calyx is cylindrical, 

 fexfid, with equal lacinia. The corolla have 



f Arundo arbor fpinofa, Rumph.iv. p. 14. t. 11. 



s Arundo arbor fera, Rumpb. iv. p. 16. t. 3. cfr. Gron. 

 flat, orient." 32, -3, Rauwpjf. ixer. p. 97. 



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