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pointed leaves, which are diftinQ: and fit clofe to the 

 ftalks. The flowers are produced in erect fpikes of 

 a fcarlet colour. 



7. LoNichRA Symphoficarpos, Indian Currants^ 

 or St. Peter's IVort. 



This hath a fhrubby ftalk, 'which rifes from four 

 to five feet high and fpreads into many flender branch- 

 es, garnifhed with oval entire leaves, fomewhat 

 hairy and placed oppofite upon fliort footftallks. 

 The flowers are faiall and of an herbaceous colour, 

 and are produced upon fliort, common peduncles, 

 or footfl:alks, w^hich are placed oppofite a conderable 

 difliance along, and tertninating the branches ; upon 

 which they are fet very clofe in whorls, or rather in 

 two oppofite rows. A few of thefe are fucceeded 

 by reddifii, deprcflTed, hollow and fpongy berries ; 

 ripening very late, and each generally containing 

 two fmall round compreflfed feeds. This often fends 

 off" a few weak trailing branches lying upon the 

 ground and taking root, by which it may be eafily 

 propagated. 



MAGNOLIA. 



The LAUREL-LEAVED TULIP-TREE. 

 Clafs 13. Order 7. Polyandria Polygynia. 



'^F'HE is three leaved: the leaves ovate, concave, 



petal form and deciduous. 



The Corolla has nine petals, oblong, concave, obtufe, and nar- 

 rower at the bafe. 



The Filaments are numerous, {hort, lliarp pointed, and com- 

 prefTed ; inferted beneath the germen in the common recep- 

 tacle of the ftyles. The Anthem are linear and adjoined on 

 each fide to the margin of the filaments. 



The 



