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it has a germen, three fiyli, and fix Jiigmas : 

 the capfula is almoft round, has fix partitions 

 with fix feeds* The leaves are oval, fmooth 

 at top, and downy below. Both male and fe- 

 male plants are fhrubs. 



' Ckrodendron fortunatum [Tab. xi.] grew 

 by the European graves ; and has not yet been 

 defcribed by any botanift. The plant fmells 

 like muik, by which it diftinguifhes itfelf from 

 all other plants growing near the graves. It 

 is called Hatag-nang by the Chinefe: the calyx 

 is monophyllous, angulated, red, divided into 

 five parts, and perfiftent: its figments are oral, 

 pointed, of the length of the tube of the co- 

 rolla, but broader than it. The corolla is rao- 

 nopetalous, quinquefid : the upper lip is trifid, 

 rolled up : the lower bifid, bent downwards : 

 the filaments are inferted in the mouth of the 

 corolla ; they are bearded below, and longer 

 than the corolla ; two of them are fomewhat 

 (horter than the others : the germen is oval : 

 the Jlylus filiform, and lhorter than the f!a~ 

 tnents : thefligma pointed and bifid: the dru- 

 pa, or ftony fruit, ftands together in couples, 

 is green, and furrounded with the calyx. The 

 plant is ramofe, about one foot high, and fmells 

 Vol.-L B b like 



