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Rivina. Plum. t. 39. 



Rivina L. H. C. & Sp. PI. 



Rivina. Humilis racemofa, baccis piiiiiccis. 



The fm aller Rivinia with Scarlet Berries. 



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This .plant grows very common about St. Amies, ami in mod places in the 1. 



tains where the foil is fandy and well maded 



fes 



only to the heig 



two or three feet, fometimes more, and is well fupplied with berries towards the top 



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thefe 

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y fucculent, and of a line fcarlet colour, but the juice is 



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RIVINIA 



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Sarmenttfa, far mentis craffwribus, foliis oval is, floribus fp 



dodecand, 



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Scandens 



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Tab. 23. ii 



of a amplis folani foliis } baccis violaceis. Plum. 6c 



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, The Hoop Withe. 



Periantium. Quadriphyllum , foliolis oval is coc hie at is rejlexis perfiftentibus. 

 Corolla. Nulla. r 



Stamina. Filament a duodccei 



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;; parva, ab ,dc7o areolis dijlinflis orta, alter na ge 





minata -> anthera? major es oblongs ereftce caduccc. 

 'Piftillum. Germen conico-ovatum, Ail us nulfusvel brevifjimus, ftigma obtufum ) 



fubrugofwn. 

 Pericarpium. Bacca fubrotunda, fucculent a, fubcarulea uniloculars. 

 Semen. Nucleus unicus oleofus orbiculatus leniler cympreffus, 



naucd 



tenui fra- 



-glii tecJus. 



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This plant is very common in the lew lands, and ftretches a great way among the 

 neighbouring flirubs and bufhes j the main ftalk grows to a moderate thicknefs, being 

 feldom under an inch or two in diameter ; and throws out a few ilender branches to- 



wards 



the top, which are generally adorned with flowers at their extremities. 

 The berries make the principal part of the food of theAmerican thrum, or nightingale, 

 while they are infeafon; they contain a very oily feed, and after that bird has fwallowed 

 a good many of them, you may frequently obferve it to fly to the next bird-pepper- 

 bum, and pick a few of thefe warm berries alfo. Nature doubtlefs has taught it 

 what was neceflary to promote the digeftion of that oleaginous heavy food. 



The llalk is very tough ancf flexile, and often made into hoops, when there is a 

 fcarcity of thofe imported from Europe or North- America ; but they are not fo 

 ilrong or durable, and therefore ufed only in time of need. 1 



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ch as have two Stiles or female Parts in every Flower 



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Ramofa repens, floribus cbnglomerdtis 



ita Floribus fefjilibus. L. Sp. Pi 

 Cufcuta Caule aphylld volubili repente, flo. Virg 

 Cufcuta . Inter major em & minorem media, &c. 



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This parafitical thready plant is frequently found creeping upon the grafs, and 



lower bufhes in J. 



it has been always efteemed 



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and aperitive 



and formerly ufed as an ingredient in fome of the compofitions of the mop 





(a) This plant has no more than four F 



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