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veral flifF inflexible ftems, to an ordinary 

 height. The leaves ^re ferratsd, and grow 

 alternately, refembling thofe of the Sy^ 

 ringa. -The flower refembles that of a 

 fingle Rofe, confifting of five white con- 

 cave petals, with a pointel fifing from a 



blueifh apices. It is remarkable, that one particiilar petals 

 in every flower is ftained with a faint greenifh yellow. The 

 cahx is divided into five fegments. The Capfula has a hairy 

 roughnefs on the outfide, is of a conic form> arjd when 

 ripe fplits open and difclofes five membranous cells, every 

 one of which contains a fingle oblong brown fhining feed. 



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or dh? aire. J^esfeuil/es font denteleely Crcijfent 

 'alter?2ativement^ & relJcmblent a celles du fi-^ 

 ringa. La fimr refjetnble h une rofe Jimpk^ 

 '& confifte en cinq petahs bianco & concaves, 

 avcc un Jlilet qui Jo7^t d'unoi)aire d^uH Verd 



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ejf. part age en cinq frgmens : la capfule a une rudeffe 



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For this elegant Plant I am obliged to my good friend ^uifant.'Je juis redevahle de cettehelleFlajite a mon bon ami M^^ 

 Mr. Clayton^ who fent it me from ^/r^m/^, and three fieur CUyion^ qui me Pa envoye^ de ^^^^ 



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^Steuartia, I take to be a new genus of Plants, the fame 

 that I called Malachodendron. But I humbly conceive, 

 that the generical charadqr of it, which you fhewed me 

 in t\\Q Asia Suecica, is fo faulty, that it will not even 

 determine the proper clafs of this Plant in any fy fie m 



of Botany, inflead of eflablifhing the true genus 



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 Steuartia^ comme un nouveau s:enre de plante' & commeldm^i 



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ertque, que vous menavez montre dans tes Mhipir 

 'e d'UpJai.appelles Ad^a Suecicaj efijifautif, qu 

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*' Linnc^iy whereas it properly belongs to the clafs of 

 *' Monadelphia Polydndrin, in which it makes a hew tribe 

 ** or order of P^A/Z^^jy;//^, which alone diflinguifhes it 

 *' from all the tribe of mahaceous Plants, under which 

 it is properly included in all fyfl:§ms of ^ot^any : /or t\\Q 

 petals are copnefted ^at the bafe, and _drpp ^pflf united 

 together, which (according to Ray arid ' TourfieforiJ 

 makes the flower mohopetalous. The ftamina are con- 

 neiSed in a ring at their bafe, apd ^are inferted to the 

 bafe of the petal. There are five flylesV as T fhewed you* ^ 





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Litnnee, an heu qu elle apparttcnt prqprement a celle des Mona- 

 }^ dclphia Polyandria, ^ans Iqqtielle me jprrr^^^ ^l^MV-^^^^^^^^^'^'4^ 

 *' Pentagynia s,©* cela feulla djflingue4^^ daffe' entiere 4e.s 

 " mauve s, fom laquelle fjle ejl proprement renfermee dans tousles 

 '' flft ernes de Botdniei car les pit ales font attaches d la bate, & 



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five v^alves, which open 



fruit efl une capfule feche 



at top, and are not crowned with the calix, which remains 

 on their bafe. The feeds are fingle in each cell, of an 

 oblong, oval, triangular (hape. 



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cwq angles ai^us, cinq cellules, isctnq valvules, gui souvrent a\ 

 fommet, & nefont point couronnees du caiice, qui re fie d leur baft 



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. Tj\is Bird,. which is the leafl of all European Birds, is likewife ah 

 inhabitant in the parallel latitudes of the Old and New World, 



In winter fun-fliine days, they are wont to afibclate with other 

 Creepers, particularly the Certhia, the Sitta, the Parus-ater, the 

 Parus Caudata, and other Tit-tnicej ranging the woods together, 

 from tree to tree, as if they .were. all of one brood; running up 

 ■^nd do,vVn the bark of lofty oaks, from the crevifes of which 

 th^y collect their food, which are infecSts lodged in their winter- 

 ciprmito;:ies, in a torpid ftate. In like manner, the fame little 



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OMME c'eji id unOifeaud' \nQkttvrQ^ aujft bhn^^que du nouveaui 

 Monde, je me contenterai d'obferver\ qu^apres avoir compare celui- 

 qui eft /'Americain, avec la defcription que nous a dpnnce Monf 



illughby de celui ^'Europe, j^ai trouve quails conviennent entouf\i^ 



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/ ^ CetOifeau, qui _ eft le plus petit de torn ngs Oifeaux Eufopeehs, eft 



auffiun habitant de /^ancien & <iflf nouveau Monde, iMs lei latitudes 



paralleles. ^. • -. 



Enliiver^ quand il fait foleil, les Roitelets ohtcoutume Je s'affentblef 

 c d'autres grimpereau^, <y particulierement'le Certhia, leSitta^ U 

 Mefange noire^ le Hoche-qUeiie, G? d'atttres Mefanges'-i i^ tous ces Oi- 

 featix, courent les his enfemble, d'un arbre a V autre!, cSmme s'ils etoieni 

 d'une 'mime couvee^ montant i£ defcendant fur Vecorce des plus ghauts' chU 

 nes^ des fent es & des crivaffes def quels ils recueilloit leur nourriiuret , c^efl^ 

 'd' dire des infeElcs^ logfs dans leursdortoirs d^Hiver dans un ctat engouf^ 

 dk Ceft de lamhne maniere que ces petit s Oifeau^fe nourriffent en Ame- 

 XiquG, frequent ant le pin, lefapin, le gcnevrier, £f? celui-ci repelqnt\k 

 ^Zitzilperle^ comme Gefner nous rapporte que fait /? Parus Sylvaticus* 

 ^z^/^ Mefange des bois. '^"" ' ' '' '- ■ ^^- 



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lowidi brown colour. 



bove ah inch Idrig. The Wings df a yel- 



,^^,,,,^ The head, thorax, and abdomen, of a 



very dark brown, almoft black -, the whole having fome fpots of yel- 

 low. It had fix yellowifh legs. The abdomen was oval, joined to 

 the thorax by a fir.all fiftula of almoft half an inch long. 



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^LL£ a plus^ d'un pouce de longueur . Les cides font d^whlfun fan- 



ndtre: la tete^ le thorax^ £5? r abdomen, d'un bran fort obfcur \ IS 

 le tout a quelqties taches de jaune. Elle a/ixjanihes de couleur jaundtre. 

 IJ abdomen eft ovale, ^ joint an thorax par une petite fiftule^ longue 

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