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than the trees which have already been men- 

 tioned before, except the Plaint ain tree (Mu/a 

 Cliffortiana), which was now fully in blofTom. 



Going down the hill I obferved theTe-limm, 

 or Melajioma oclandra, on both fides of the 

 road. This little plant is an ornament to the 

 mod: barren hills, by means of its red flowers, 

 which Hand open during night, atleaft a long 

 while after fun-fet, while others are clofed to 

 efcape the nocturnal dews, which would injure 

 the tender parts of the flower. Its defcription 

 is as follows : 



The calyx is urceolated, or cylindrically 

 oval, covered with (tiff, fhort briflles, and in- 

 cludes the germen ; its fegments are quinque- 

 Cd, equally brown, and downy, except the 

 five lefTer ones in the incifions : the corolla is 

 pentapetalous ; the petals are obovared, and 

 fattened to ihe inner margin of the calyx, 

 whofe fegments they furpafs in length : the 

 eight filaments are fubulated, inflected, ,-ind 

 fattened to the calyx: four of the antbera 

 are equally broad and erected ; the other four 

 are fterile and hamofe, and longer than the 

 filaments ; they are all inflefted when they are 

 not yet evolved : the pjlillum is longer than 

 2 3 the 



