VOYAGE. 



five in number, fometimes fix, and even feven, 

 all very fnort, and fattened about the middle 

 of the tube. The anther a are ere&ed, of 

 equal breadth; many times as long again as 

 the filaments , and touch each other at the 

 limbus : the germen is almoft round : the two 

 flylufes, which are joined together, are thread - 

 lhaped : the two ftigmas are fimple : the Jfcm 

 is round, hairy, brownifh : the /eaves are 

 oppofite, lanceolated, petiolated, not divided, 

 reflected, have five nerves, and are downy, 

 particularly below. The flowers fit clofe to- 

 gether at the ends of the branches ; they are 

 yellow, and have fometimes oval, white, pe- 

 tiolated braftea. The feed capfule is oblong, 

 unilocular. Thejeeds are numerous and very 

 finall. It grows near the fhore among the 

 Zanthoxylum triJotiatum y and in other places. 



The 23d of September, 



Anotpier boat with porcellane came to our 

 (hip. The air was fine. 



Kay-fo-y, Diodon ocellatus {Tetrodonocellatus 

 Linn.) is one of the fined fifti I ever faw, but fo 

 poifqnous that whoever eats of it generally dies 



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