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alternately ; but there are aifo Tingle ones diftributed in all 

 the interfaces throughout the branch. 



The male plant, which I fuppofe this to be, has a one- 

 leaved perianthium, divided into five fegments, and this falls 

 off with the flower. The flower is compofed of five petals, 

 in the middle of which rife ten flamina or filaments, the 

 outer row fhorter than thofe of the middle, with long ftigma- 

 ta, having yellow farina upon them. The flowers grow 

 in a branch, generally between three and four inches long, 

 in a conical difpofition, that is, broader at the bale than the 

 point. The infide of the leaves are a vivid green, in the ou!> - 

 fide much lighter. It grows in form of a bulh, with a multi- 

 tude of fmall branches rifing immediately from the ground, 

 and is generally feven or eight feet high. I faw it when 

 in flower only, never when bearing fruit. It has a very 

 ftrong finely refembling that of the fmall fcented flower cal- 

 led mignionet, fown in vales and boxes in windows, or rooms ? 

 where flowers are kept, . , 



The wild animals, both birds and beaifo, efpecially the 

 Guinea fowl, know how well it is qualified to protect them. 

 In this {fielter, the hunter in vain could endeavour to moleft 

 them, were it not for a hard-haired dog, or terrier of the 

 fmalleft fize, who being defended from the thorns by the 

 roughnefs of his coat, goes into the cover and brings them - 

 and the partridges alive one by one to his mailer. 



.Vqi. V, U GAGUEDJ,:. 



