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water, but it was too far from the fca-fioje fo b$ 

 ufeful to our fhips. 



In continuing our progrefs, I remarked jn the 

 raid ft of thefe fands a few rocks of a calcareous 

 nature, on which I gathered fome fine plants 

 that ftill withftood the aridity of the foil. Among 

 the great number of thofe of the family of the 

 protege which 1 obferved, I fhall mention two 

 new fpecies of / / 'fia. I call the one hankjia 

 repens, and the other bankfia nhwi. 



The former has a creeping ftcm, covered with 

 a thick reddifh down, terminated by ilowers 

 united under the form of a cone. 



The leaves are pinnatirid, and when they 

 arc young they are covered with the fame fort 

 of down as the ftem, fo much fo as to make this 

 plant be taken for fome fpecies of qcrojlichiim \ 

 but when more advanced in age they arc very 

 fmooth. 



Explanation of tie Figures, Plate XXIII. 



Fig. 1. Plant. 

 Fig. 2. Flower. 



Fig, 3. Corolla cleft laterally, feen through a 

 magnifier. 



Fig* 4. Stamina magnified. 



Fig. 5. Germen, with the flyle and the ftigma. 



The fpecies of hankjia that I call ?ihea, is re : 



markable on account of its long leaves., which 



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