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burnt into coals for the ufe of blackfmiths, &c. but 

 not much efteemed for common fuel. 



2. Fag US-Cast A NE A pumila. Dwarf Chef'- 

 nut Tree^ or Chinquepin. 



This feldom rifes above eight, ten, or twelve feet, 

 otherwife much refembling the Chefnut in the ap- 

 pearance of its branches and leaves. Its fruit cap- 

 iules are fmall, and generally contain but one conical 

 fhaped nut. It grows naturally in a light gravelly 

 foil. 



FOTHERGILLA. 



FOTHERGILLA. 



Clafs 13. Order 2, Polyandria Digynia. 



TH E Empalement is of one leaf, hairy, and five-toothed at 

 the margin. 

 The Corolla is wanting. 



The Filaments from fixteen to eighteen, inferted in the calyx^ 

 long, incurved and lefTened towards the bafe. The Anthem 

 are minute. 



The Gertnen is oblong and villofe, ending in two acute Styles. 

 The Seed'VejJel is a capfule, oblong, of two cells and covered 



by the calyx. 

 The Seeds are fingle and oblong. 



The Species %aith us, 



FoTHERGiLLA Gardcnu Carolinian Fother-- 

 gilla. 



This fmall, but beautiful flowering llirub grows 

 naturally in Carohna, on the borders of favannahs, 

 or near ponds of water; fpreading much by its roots. 

 The ftalks are flender, rifing to the height of two 



or 



