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leaver many, fmall, narrow, oblong, fkdiy, evergreen, re 

 flex at the edge, with a hard pohit, fomttimes eared at the 

 bafe ; peduncles axillaiy ; flowers of a plcafaiit fmcll, in 

 two . rows, yellow, very Imall ; legume fmall, yellowilli, 

 containing a iingle round comprefTed fhining feed. A native 

 of the Cape. 25. A. qu'inqtiefolla, five-leaved A. Pluk. 

 Aim. 128. t. 273. f. 4. " Leaves in fives, feflile ; pe- 

 duncles fpiked." The leaflets are lanceolate, petioled ; a 

 little hair)-, mucronate ; peduncles many times longer than 

 the leaves, receme-fpiked ; corollas tomentofe. A native 

 of the Cape. 26. A. trukntata, three-toothed A. " Leaves 

 trine lanceolate, fmooth; ilipules three-toothed mucronate, 

 flowers headed." A native of the cape of Good Hope. 

 27. A., pilofa, hairy A. " Leaves in threes, linear villofe ; 

 heads terminal, very haiiy ; corollas pwbefcent." Stems 

 flirubby Ample, a little hairy ; leaves fpreadingi feffile, 

 acute, fubpubefcent ; head of flowers protedted by bractes 

 and calyxes, which have white hairs. A native of the 

 Cape. 28. A. antbyllijides. " Leaves trine lanceolate, 

 equal fubpubefcent ; Ilipules none, heads terminal." This 

 flirub has a hirfute ftem ; the leaves are fciTile, rather flefhy, 

 the upper ones fomewhat hairy ; heads folitaiy, feifile, ob- 

 long j three bractes under each calyx. It has the appear- 

 ance of a lotus or anthyllus. Cape. 29. A. laxala, loofe 

 leaved A. " Leaves tern linear, villofe; flowers in bunches 

 of five ; calyxes woolly ; ftems proftrate round." Stem 

 fubherbaceous, decumbent, round, flexile, pubefcent ; 

 branches alternate ; leaves loofe, on very fliort petioles ; 

 flowers terminal, lerfile, no braAes ; corolla fmooth, yel- 

 low. Cape. 30. A. argenfea, filvery A. Cytifus, &c. Pluk. 

 Mant. 63. t. 345. f. 2. " Leaves t.ine linear iilky ; ftipules 

 Ample mucronate; flowers fcattered tomentofe ;" ftirubby, 

 four feet high ; flowers fometimes in fpikes, purple, downy. 

 Cultivated by Miller in 1759. A native of the Cape. 31. 

 A. callo/j, callous A. Pluk. Mant. 63. t. 345. f. 4. " Leaves 

 trine fubulate equal ; ilipules roundifli, callous ; flowers 

 fpiked, fmooth." An uiiderChrub, having the branches 

 ■eovered with round callufes, occafioned by the falling of 

 leaves, whicli are fefiile, with a callous bafe like thofe of 

 juniper; fpikes loofe; braftes oae-leafed ; flowers yellow, 

 fmooth. Cape. 32. A. orienlalis, Levant A. " Leaves 

 ternate, lanceolate, pubefcent ; flowers in bunches of five ; 

 calyxes pubefcent ; ft;ems ere£l, angular." Stems a foot 

 high ; leaves feflile, refembling thofe of flax ; corollas yel- 

 low, the fize of thofe of laburnum; ftaraens connate. Found 

 in the I^evant by Tournefort. 33. A. mucronata. " Leaves 

 tern, poliflied, branches acuminate; flowers in racemes." 

 Stem fmooth ; branches remote, tapering to a po^nt ; leaves 

 lanceolate, on (hort petioles ; racemes terminate, eredl, on 

 very fhort pedicles. Cape. 34. A plnnala, pinnate-leaved 

 A. " Leaves pinnate-quinateobcordate; peduncles headed;" 

 leaflets five, clofe, a little hairy, tomentofe underneath, on 

 flioit petioles ; peduncle longer than the leaves ; corollas 

 rather tomentofe. It refembles A. quinquefolia, n. 25. 

 Cape. 35. A. peJunculata, fmall-leaved A. L'Herit. Ang. 

 t. 26. " Leaves fafcicled, fubulate, fmooth ; peduncles 

 filifoi-m, twice the length of the leaf." Found at the Cape 

 by Maflbn, and introduced into the Kew garden in 1775. 

 It flowers in June. 36. A. candicans, fair A. " Leaves 

 trine and fafcicled, filiform, filky; flowers fublateral, ban- 

 ners naked." This was alfo found at the Cape by Maflbn 

 and introduced in 1774. 37. A., arborea, tree A. Lour. 

 Cochinch. 431. " Leaves pinnate-quinate; racemes ter- 

 minating." This is a middle-fized tree with a ftraight 

 trunk, and weak reclining branches ; leaves fmooth, entire, 

 feflile; flowerswhite, fmall, bannerobcordate,broadifh, afcend- 

 ing ; wings oblong, equal to the banner ; llamens allconnate. 

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Propa^thn and Culture. Few of thefe flirubs have hitlicrta 

 been cultivated in Europe. They are to be propagated b» 

 feeds which mull be obtained from the countiy where they 

 prow fpontaneoufly, and fliould be fown in pots filled with 

 light earth as foon as they arrive : if this happen in the 

 autumn, the pots ftiould be plunged into an old tan-bed 

 whole heat is fpent, where they may remain till fpring, 

 when they fhould be removed into a temperate hot-bed, 

 whicli will bring up the plants. But when the feeds arrive 

 in the fpring, tlie pots in which the feeds are fown fl-.ould 

 be then plunged into a moderate hot-bed ; and in warm 

 weather the glafles mud be fliaded during the middle of 

 the day, and the plants frequently rcfre.led with water. 

 Thofe feeds that are fown in the fpring, feldora o-row the 

 fame year ; therefore, in the autumn, the pots fhould be put 

 into an old tan-bed as above direfted, and the following 

 fpring put into a hot-bed. When the plants become ftrong 

 enough to remove, they fliould each be planted in a feparate 

 fmall pot filled with light earth and plunged into a mode- 

 rate hot-bed to promote their rooting again, and as foon 

 as they are cft;ablifhed in the pots, they fliould graduallv be 

 enured to the open air, into which they are to be removed 

 in the fummer, and remain in a flickered fituation till 

 autumn, when they mull be placed in the green-houfr, 

 allowing them very little water during the winter. Sec 

 Martyn's Miller's Did. 



AspALATHus. See Robinia and Spartium. 

 AspAi.ATHUS Ehetiiu. See Amerim>4um. 

 ASPALAX, in Zoology, an animal mentioned by Ari- 

 fl;otle, as being blind. The Rom?ns and fome moderns 

 tranflating the term afpalax, mole, -and knowing that this 

 animal is not blind, have thought themfclves warranted in 

 denying the ailertion of Ariftotle. Olivier, however, has 

 not long fince brought from the Levant an animal adually 

 blind, with its fidn not fo much as pierced in the place of 

 the eyes. This animal lives under ground, and has all the 

 characlers afcribed by Ariftotle to the afpilax. It is known 

 to Zoologifts under the name of mus lyphlus, and %imn!. 



AspALAX, a fpecies of Mus, called by Pennant and 

 later Englifli naturalids the Daurian rat ; llaxmann names 

 it Mus myofpalax ; and Pallas, Schreber, Gmelin, &c. 

 fpecifically defcribe it as having a ftiort tail, cuneated or 

 v,'edged foreteeth, no ears, and claws of the forefeet elon- 

 gated. It is a native of the Ahaic mountains, and of the 

 country' beyond the lake Baikal ; like other fubterranean 

 or ground rats, it burrows with its fnout and feet, laifes 

 numerous hillocks of earth in its progrefs, and feeds on 

 bulbous roots. In rcfpeft of fize, it varies confiderably, 

 being from five to eight inches and a half or more in length. 

 Dr. Shaw obfcrvcs that this fpecies in form and manners 

 of life agrees with the mus typhlus, or blind rat ; but is in 

 general of a fmaller-fize and of a ydlowifli afli colour, and 

 in fome fpecimens a whitifli line or longitudinal ftreak ap- 

 pears on the top of the head; the upper foreteeth are 

 naked, but the lower are covered with a moveable lip ; 

 there is no appearance of external ears, and the eyes are 

 extremely fmall and deeply feated ; the head is flat and 

 blunt ; the body fliort and fomewhat deprefled ; the limbs 

 very ftrong, efpecially the fore -legs, the feet of which arc 

 large, naked, and well adapted for burrowing into the 

 ground, having five toes, the three middle of which arc 

 furniflied with long and ftrong flightly curved claws ; the 

 hind feet are alfo naked, and have five toes with fmall claws ': 

 the tail is very fliort. Gen. Zool. 



ASPALUCA, in Anaent Geography, a valley of thePv- 

 lees, now the v:i!!ey of Afpe, in which was the Gabarus, 



renees 

 or Gave. 



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