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smooth, rufescent : the leaves are pale green, paler underneath, an 

 inch long and half an inch wide, roundish, opposite: the flowers 

 terminating: calyx green: corolla pale yellow, five times as large as 

 in the common sort. It is a native of the Pyrennees. 



The third has a perennial, thick, woody root, of a reddish colour, 

 sending out very long fibres: the steins suffruticose or under-shrubby, 

 ancipital two-edged or slightly winged on opposite sides, two feet 

 high and more, branched towards the top, of a reddish colour, and 

 smooth: branches brachiate or decussated, spreading: the leaves op- 

 posite, sessile, ovate, entire, smooth, dark green, glaucous on the 

 under side, netted with numerous projecting veins and nerves, which 

 become through age ferruginous: on the stem they are two inches 

 long, and an inch and half broad at the base; those on the branches 

 are smaller, of different sizes, and some of them approaching to 

 lanceolate: the flowers small for the size of the plant, disposed in a 

 cyme: the peduncles round, smooth, usually two or three-flowered, 

 but sometimes one-flowered : the fruit an ovate capsule, assuming 

 the appearance of a berry; at first yellowish green, then red or 

 brownish purple, and lastly almost black when ripe. It is a native 

 of the south of Europe. 



The fourth species rises with a shrubby stalk six or seven feet 

 high, dividing into branches at top: the leaves are oblong, set by 

 pairs close to the branches, having a strong odour, but less than those 

 of the fifth : the flowers terminating in clusters, very like those of the 

 fifth. It is a native of the Canary islands, flowering from July to 

 September. 



The fifth rises with shrubby stalks three feet high, sending out 

 small opposite branches at each joint: the leaves are oblong, ovate, 

 placed by pairs, sessile, and having a rank smell : the flowers are in 

 terminating bunches. It is a native of the south of Europe, flower- 

 ing from July to September. 



There are varieties ; one larger, which is the common one : the 

 other smaller. 



The sixth has a root composed of many woody fibres, striking 

 deep into the ground: the stems several, shrubby, near two feet high, 



