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Cajfida nigra, oblonga, fafciis duabus tranf- 

 •verfis tejlaceisy punftis qicatuor ad bajin. 



On our return we met three Chinefe, who 

 defired money ; but their demands not being 

 complied with, they attacked us with great 

 Hones ; I in particular was in danger, being 

 fomewhat behind my companions, in queft of 

 plants. I found 



Torenia Afiatlca : the calyx is pentagonal, 

 erected ; its five fegments are lanceolated, nar- 

 row, and morter than the tube of the flower : 

 the corolla is lanceolated : the upper lip is al- 

 moft entire, and reflected : the lower lip has 

 three lacinite, and is bent downwards. The 

 Ji laments are four, fhorter than the corol/a, 

 two of them are even (hotter than the tube of 

 the corolla, they are fattened in pairs in the 

 lower lip, the two upper ones have a fterile 

 excrefcence by their fide : the Jlylus is filiform : 

 the fdgma is bifid : the capfula is long, and 

 feems to be unilocular : the feeds are nume- 

 rous : the flowers are axillar: the leaves are 

 oval, emarginated, oppohte, and have very 

 fliort (talks. 



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