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to be poifonous. The pods likewife grow 

 black when the fruit ripens. 



Nauclea orlentalis grew on an hill, and 

 was now in flower. I made the following re- 

 marks on it : the partial calyces are monophyl- 

 lous, quadrifid, pilofe on the margin : the co- 

 rolla is infundibuliform : its tube is almoft 

 cylindrical : the faux is inflated and woolly : 

 the limbus is quadrifid and reflected : the four 

 filaments are fhort, fattened in the faux : the 

 anther a are imall, though longer than the 

 filaments, and erefted : the fiigma is narrow, 

 and bifid. The plant grows bufhy, and is of 

 the length of a fpan. The root creeps, and 

 (hoots many branches: xheflem is quadrangu- 

 lar : the flowers form a capitulum or head : the 

 leaves are oval, lariceolated, without incifions 

 or foot-ftalks, and oppofite. The Chinefe call 

 it Moyfa. 



Cassvtha flifonms. The defcription of 

 the genus is to be met with in Linnai Gen-, 

 Plant arum. The plant is fcsrdent, filiform, 

 rough, and commonly climbs on the Euphorbia. 

 The little branches are in no order : vkieffliuitrs 

 grow in bunches like grapes: the ftipula 0:1 

 fhc branches are oval and final 1. 



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