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C A S S I N E. 



CASSINE, oi-SOUTH-SEA TEA-TREE. 

 Clafs 5. Order 3. Pentandria Trigynia. 



nPHE Empalement is five-parted, beneath, very fmall, obtufe, 

 and permanent. 



The Corolla is five-parted and fpreading ; the divifions are fomc- 

 what ovate, obtufe, and larger than the calyx. 



The Filaments are five, awl-fliaped and fpreading. The Mnthertz 

 are fimple. 



The Germen is above and conical. The St^le none. The Stig- 

 mas three, reflexed and obtufe. 



The Seed-ve[fel is a berry, roundifli, three-cell'd and umbilicat^d 

 with the Stigmas. 



The Seeds are folitary and fomewhat ovate. 



The Species are^ 



Cassine Paragua. Ever-green Cajfme^ Taporiy ot 

 South-Sea Tea-tree. 



This grows naturally in Carolina and fome parts of 

 Virginia, but chiefly near the fea; and rifes to the 

 height of ten or twelve feet, fending out branches 

 from the ground upward, garniflied with Ever-green 

 fpear-fhaped leaves, placed alternately: they are of 

 a deep green colour, of a thick confiflence and a 

 little notched on their edges. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in clofe whorls, round the branches, at the 

 footflialks of the leaves; they are white, and are 

 fucceeded by red berries, with thice cells, each con- 

 taining a fmgle feed. 



CEANOTHUS. 



