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remarks upon it : The fegmcnts of the calyx 

 arc obtufe : the tube of the corolla is very 

 long : the filaments are very fhort, inferted in 

 the incifions of the limbus : the anthem longer* 

 pointed and inflected : the germen is very fmall, 

 and fomewhat fhorter than the calyx: the 

 Jiylus filiform, longer than the tube : the Jlig- 

 ma pretty thick : the leaves are oppofite, oval, 

 without incifions, almofi: without (talks, and 

 fmooth. On account of thefe magnificent 

 flowers this fhrub has got a place in the Chinefe 

 gardens, where it grows higher than a man's 

 head. I here am put in mind of the many 

 fine flowers which grow fpontaneoufly in 

 Sweden ; which, if they were . tranfplanted 

 into gardens, would look better than many 

 of thofe which we get as ornaments from the 

 molt diftant places* 



Between the flones on the hills, grew, 



Nauclea orientalis, 



Spermacoce verticulatd. The anthera are 

 oblong and upright: the ptflilkm is longer 

 than the corolla : the germen is fmall : the 

 Jiylus hairy : the corolla is rolled down- 

 wards : the leaves lanceolated, oppofite, with 

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