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open, in this fpecies, and the difpofition of the filaments fomewhat like that of the 

 Sa<*e ; but the capfule is bilocular, and crowned with the divilions of the cup, as in 



the following plant. 





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GESNERIA 2. Rupeftris indivifa, foliis $blongis rugofis fummo caule difpo- 



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yto, foribus fingularibus ad alas. 



Rapunculo ajpnts 



Sec. 



Slo. Cat. 59. & H. t. 1 02. f. 1. 





The fmall tufted Gef?ier,ia y with fcarlet flowers. 



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Periantium Monophyllum, germine pragnans, in lacinias anguflas profande 



feclum. 

 Corolla Coccinea, monopetala y tabulata ; tubus longus y arcuatus, fubincurvus, 



leniter n jentrico)'us y fere aqualis, ore coardlatus, quinquecrenatus. 

 Stamina. Filament a qu at uor, corolla paulo breviora, fere aqualia; anthers 



fimplices fubrotundce. 

 Piftillum. Germen obver/e ovatum, calice inclavatum, &? laciniis corona- 



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turn, ftyius fmplex, corolla paulo longior-, ftigma 



culum. 

 Pericarpium. Capfula calice teBa & coronata, bilocularis. 



Semina Plurima minima. 



obtufiuf- 



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This plant grows in the fiflures of the rocks, on both fides of the road, between 



SpaniJJj Town and Sixteen-mile-walk: the ftem is always fimple, and creeps along 



the rocks, bearing a pretty large tuft of leaves at the extremity j from whofe alae 



fpring fo many fingle flowers. 



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ELLISIA 1. Frutefcens quandoque fpinofa, foh 



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Alate 



ipicem Jerratis'; jpicis alaribus. Tab. 29. f. 



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The Tea-leafed E/Iifi 







Periantium Momphyllum parvum cylindraceum ereStum quinquedentatum. 

 Corolla Monopetala tubulata; tubus cequalis fubarcuatus, calice duplo Ion 



gior j limbus patulus, in quinque partes fere equates Jeclus. 

 Stamina, Filament a quatuor y quorum duo paulo longiora & ultra medieta- 



bi porredfa ft 



theras fubrotunda 



PiililJum. Germen fubrotundum calice tetJum & 



ftylus JimpU 



Pe r i ca r p 



This fhrub 



longi tit dine ftaminum ; ftigma crafjiufculu 

 Bacca fubrotunda calice tefta & coronata, nuclei's gcJo, nau 

 cis quatuor ofj'eis bilocularibus angulatis teSlis 



chiefly in the 



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fes frequently to the height of 

 fix or feven feet. The leaves are oppofite, and fo very like the leaves of green tea, 



I was obliged to try fome experiments, before I could be fatisfied it was not the 



thorns, but often 



fame pi 



The branches of this plant are fometimes befet with 



otherways. I have named it after Mr. Ellis y a gentleman who has lately publilhed 

 fome curious obfervations on the plant-like marine produ&ions of an animal nature. 



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CLERODENDRUM 



Fruticofum, fpinojum ; foliis infer i or ibus confe 

 fuperioribus oppoftis } pedunculis tripar litis, 



larib 



Volkameria, fpinis petiolorum rudi 



Tab. 30. f. 



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Pafiuro max, ligujlrijolia, & c . Slo. Cat. 137. & H. & Pk. t. 352. f 







The fmall-leafed Clerodendrun, 





Periantium 











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