‘és Tur VEGETABLE SYSTEM 
s WOOLLY THREADWORT.. 
Plate 47. 
_. Charaéter of the Species. Brunia Levifana. 
The Leaves are. oval and obtufe ; and they are covered with an exceed- 
ing fine dint woolly matter. | | 
itt pos Plate 47. a 
Tuts is a Perennial, woody Plant, as the four preceding, native of the fame place, 
and, like them, of very great beauty. We admire many things from the Cape of Good 
Hope ; but fcarce any deferve that admiration more than thefe. The Stem of this is 
ufually brown, with a tinge of crimfon. It lies upon the ground in part; and what 
rifes up feldom exceeds a foot and a half in heighth. The Branches are innumerable ; 
they are crimfon, but it is a colour rarely feen, the Leaves cover them fo entirely ; they 
fpread widely and wildly toward the top, and one Plant will thus afford a crown of three 
feet fquare, fet loofely and irregularly, but very beautifully, with vaft Heads of Flowers. 
The Leaves are white, and foft to the touch; the downy matter with which they are 
covered, is more fenfible to feeling than to fight. The Flowers are of a very fine, but 
_ light crimfon. 
AzourT three years ago, I received from the Cape, a Branch of this with the Leaves — 
perfectly fmooth, deftitute altogether of that downy matter I had before feen upon 
them, but in all refpects elfe perfectly the fame. It is an accident not peculiar to this 
Plant, but has been feen on many of the Cape produéts ; Burman alfo mentions it on this 
 occafion. Let the ftudent who has opportunity of obtaining Plants from that part of 
the world, be upon his guard, not be deceived by it; he may fancy many {pecies, 
where there is but one, merely from this variety. | 
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