CHINA. 1751. 3*9 



eight oblong pointed lacinia:, which are ftiorter 

 than the tube : the filaments are fhort : the 

 anthera are oblong, and longer than the fila- 

 ments. The leaves are elliptically lanceolated, 

 frequently oval, undulated, oppofite. The flower 

 ftalkr. Hand between the leaves and ft em, 

 (axillares). 



Curcuma Chinenjis. 



Gratiola Virginica. 



Citrus aurantium. 



Clematis Chinenjis : it has many charafterif- 

 tics in common with the Clematis vitalba ; but 

 the leaves are narrow, lanceolated, and the 

 flowers fmaller. 



Achjranthes Chinenjis: the calyx is double, 

 and longer than the pentapetalous corolla, 

 which it includes : the exterior calyx, or 

 flower-cup, is lefs and bifid; the interior quin- 

 quifid: the flowers grow at the top of the 

 ftalks, in cluflers : the flower-italks proceed 

 from the corner of the leaves : the leaves are 

 lanceolated, oppofite, venofe, fmooth : the 

 item is red. 



Achyranthes lappacea, fol. oppofiiis. 



Carpefium abrotanoides. 



Si da fpinofa. 



Polygonum 



