.^^o Dr. Brvce's Account, Sec. 



could not be diftinguifhed, either by its appearance or moving 

 povver^ £roni>thofe on which no experiment had been made. 



The kaves mpve very faft from the ele6trical (hock, even 

 although a very gentle one ; but the flate of the atmolphere 

 was fo unfavourable for experiments of this kind, that I could 

 not purfue them fo far as 1 wifhed. 



There are two other plants mentioned as fpecies of this 

 genus by LiNMiEUS. The firft, the Averrhoa Bilimbi, I have 

 not had an opportunity of feeing. The other, or Averrhoa 

 Acida, does not feem to belong to the fame clafs ; nor do its 

 leaves poflefs any of the moving properties of the Carambola.,, 

 Lin Nous's generic defcription of the Averrhoa, as of many 

 other phuits in this country which he had not an opportunity ot 

 feeing frefh, is not altogether accurate. The petals are con- 

 iie(fl:cd by the lower part of the lamina, and in this way they 

 ^all off whilft the ungues are quite diflindl:. The ftamina are- 

 In five pairs, phKcd in the angles of the germen. Of each 

 pair only one ftamen is fertile, or furnished with an tinthera.. 

 The filaments are curved, adapted to the fliape of the germeru 

 They may be preffed do-wn gently, fo as to remain ; and then, 

 when moved a little upwards, rife with a fpring. The fertile- 

 are twice the length of thafe deftitiyte of anthers. 



Cakxitta, Nov. 23, 1783^ 





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