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or three feet,' generally feveral from otic root, with 

 fmall, alternate, divaricated branches. The leaves 

 are oval, fomevvhat toothed towards the apex, and 

 placed alternate. The flowers are produced in fpikes 

 terminating the ftalks ; they are feflile, and each 

 furniflied with a braclea or floral leaf, which is ovate, 

 rough externally, longer than the empalement and 

 fitting clofe at their bafe; they are produced early 

 in the fpring and being thick fet, make a beautiful 

 appearance with their long, fnowy white ftamina. 

 The fruit or feed-veflfel very much refembles that of 

 the Hamamalis or Witch Hazel, but is much fmall- 

 er. 



This, in fome late Catalogues, has been called 

 Toungfonia^ in honour of William Young, Botanift, 

 of Pennfylvania; but by Dr. Linnaeus, Fothergilla 

 in honour of the late Dr. Fothergill of London. It 

 was firft fent to Europe, fr6m Carolina, by John 

 Bartram, to his friend P. Collinfon, by the title of 

 Gardenia. 



F R A N K L I N I A. 



F R A N K L I N I A. 

 Clafs 1 6. Order 5. Monadelphia Polyandria. 



THE Empcdemem is of one leaf, five-cleft; the divifions 

 roundiiTi. 



The Corolla confifls of five petals, large, fpreading, roundifh, 

 narrowed towards the claw, and joined at the bafe. 



The Filaments are numerous, awl-fhaped, joined beneath in a 

 cylinder, and inferted in the corolla. The Anthem are twin. 



The Germen is roundilh, lightly furrowed. The Style cylindri- 

 cal and longer than the ftamina. The Stigma obtufe and 

 rayed. 



The Seed'vejjeh a roundilTi nut with five cells. 

 The Seeds are wedge-form, and feveral in each cell. 



The 



