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length with xhtftarmna : the germen is egg- 

 ftiaped and fmall: the Jlylus filiform : theflig- 

 ma undivided : xhejlalk is almoft round, very 

 ramofe, about a foot long : the branches are 

 axillary, they are thicker at the place where 

 they are inferted, and dichotomous : the leaves 

 are oval, petiolated, run fharp at both ends, 

 are fmooth, and entire : the flowers are red, 

 and form at the top and on the fides fpikes 

 fcattered without order {/pica Jparfa) ; the 

 braclea are lanceolated. This plant, which 

 looks like Galeopfis tetrahit is an ornament to 

 the graves of the Europeans, fince I have not 

 met with it any where elfe. 



Backea frutefcens [Tab. i.] is a little fhrub, 

 which grows above a quarter of a yard high, 

 looks like Mugwort, and fmells agreeably. On 

 my return I put fome of it into my box, which 

 preferved my cloths from tinias, or moths. 

 The Chlnefe call it Tiongma. This was the 

 firft time that it was carried to Europe. It h 

 defcribed in Linn. Species Plant arum: its 

 flowers are fmall, white, and fmell fomqwhat 

 like primrofes. 



Near the hedges the following plants were 

 in flower : 



B b 3 Bryonia 



