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tinlefsyou take great care) it readers the bread 

 heavier and lefs palatable. About the hills 

 We met with feveral fcarce plants, and among 

 thefe were : 



Polygonum bar bat um, by the Chin eft called 

 Ka-yong-mcta. 



Polygonum orientate, in the Chinefe language 

 Tong-mcca. 



Rhamnus lineaius, inermis, floribus hernia- 

 phrodit'iSy folih ovarii integerrimis multine\ 

 [See Tab. vii.j A buih which till now has 

 efcaped the notice of botanifls. It often grows 

 to the height of a man, and is remarkable for- 

 ks fmall and beautiful leaves, which are of a 

 yellow-green colour below, and have red 

 veins : the anther <z are black. 



Valeriana Chine nfis. 



Hedyjarum trijiorum. 



Narclus ciliaris, in high places. 



Vifcum batch rubentibuu Kampf. Amc&n* 



785. 



Gonvallaria Ch'msnfis, folih linearibus, corollis 

 fex-partitio. This fpecies of Lily of the Valley 

 is a medium between Scilla and Gonvallaria. 



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