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Convolvulus Pes capra, a plant with thick 

 leaves, whofe ftalks lie on the fea-ftiore, which 

 is ornamented with its red flowers. 



Urena Chinenfis, caule ereclo, fortius majuf- 

 tulis, grew at the foot of the hills. 



Verbena nodiflora, with its flowers, hung 

 from a wall not far off the £hore. I found it 

 no where elfe. It is one of thofe plants which 

 fnew how much America is like Afia ; for it is 

 to be met with in both. 



Pa-kockfa, or Morinda wnbellata ? grew on 

 the fiiore, together with the Periploca Graca. 

 The flowers of the latter are an ornament to 

 our hot-houfes, on account of their velvet 

 colour, 



Mvjfanda frondofa, is a ihrub which the 

 Chinefe call KauUmang. It grew fome yards 

 high, and, on account of the weaknefs of its 

 flem, it likes to lean on other trees. It fpreads 

 its boughs over the European graves. The 

 following is its fliape: the calyx is monbpeta- 

 lous, divided into fix parts, and briftly : its la- 

 cinia are long, narrow, and pointed : the 

 itiouth (faux) of the corolla is hairy : the lim- 

 bus of it is expanded, horizontal, fexfid, with 

 pointed lacini<? : the filaments are commonly 



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