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that here are to be met with only under the 

 form of flirubs, the trees which, lower down, 

 become very tall. The melaleuca latifoliciy for 

 inftance, fcarcely grows above four decimeters 

 high, while on the hills it attains the height of 

 from nine to ten meters. And ye: among the 

 vegetables peculiar to the fummits of thefe 

 mountains, feveral feem to agree perfe(5lly with 

 the great agitation of the air which they expe- 

 rience. I fhall give a defcription of one of the 

 moft remarkable ; it forms a new genus, which I 

 defignate by the name oi dracophyllum. 



The calyx is compofed of fix fmall leaves, 

 oval and acute. 



The corolla, which is entire, is flightly di- 

 vided on its margins into fix equal parts. It is 

 furrounded by fix fmall fcales inferted at its 

 bafe. 



The ftamina, fix in number, are attached to 

 the corolla by filaments rather fiender, and 

 nearly of the fame length as the anthers. 



The gcrmen is fuperior, rounded, and fur- 

 mounted by a ftylc, the (ligma of which is 

 fimple. 



The capfule has fix cells, each containing 

 feveral feeds, the greater part -of which are 

 abortive. 



I mult obferve that very frequently it is de- 

 ficient in one of the part* of frutftification. 



I h-ave 



