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3- Spir-^a tomeiitofa. Scarlet flowered ThiladeU 

 pbian Spiraa. 



This grows naturally in Pennfylvania; rifing with 

 flender, branching ftalks to the height of three or 

 four feet, having a purple bark, covered with a 

 grey meally down. The leaves are fmall, fpear- 

 fliaped, unequally fawed on their edges, of a bright 

 green on their upper fides, but downy and veined 

 underneath. The flowers terminate the branches in 

 form of a racemus or bunch ; they are fmall and of 

 a beautiful red colour. 



4. SpiRiEA tomentofa alba. White flowered Phila" 

 de/phian Spiraa. 



This is a variety of the former; rifing with flen- 

 der ftalks to the height of four or five feet. The 

 leaves are fmall, and of thin texture, of an oblong 

 oval, or fomewhat wedge fliape, flightly and fliarp- 

 ly fawed on their edges, and a little downy on both 

 fides. The flowers are produced in manner of the 

 former, of a beautiful white, making a pretty ap-? 

 pearance. This is called Indian Pipe Shank, fronx 

 the pithy fl:ems being ufed by the natives for that 

 purpofe. 



STAPHYLjEA. 

 b l a d d e r - n u t . t r e e. 

 ' Clafs 5. Order 3. Pentandria Trigynia. 



THE Empalement is five-parted, concave, roundilTi, colour- 

 ed, and almofl: the fiz,e of the corolla. 

 The Corolla is five petard, oblong, erefl, and like the calyx. 

 The NeEtariim concave and pitchcv-lliape in the bottain of 

 the flower. 



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