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C A S S I N E. 
CAS SINE, or SOUTH-SEA TEA-TREE. 
Clafs 5. Order 3. Pentandria Trigynia. 
''PHE Empalement Is five-parted, beneath, very fmall, obtufe, 
-*• and permanent. 
The Corolla is five-parted and fpreading ; the divifions are fome- 
what ovate, obtufe, and larger than the calyx. 
The Filaments are five, awl-fhaped and fpreading. Th z Anthem 
are fimple. 
The Germen is above and conical. The Style none. The Stig- 
m»s three, reflexed and obtufe. 
The Seed-veffel is a berry, roundiih, three-cell’d and umbilicated 
with the Stigmas. 
The Seeds are folitary and fomewhat ovate. 
'The Species are , 
Cassine Paragua. Ever-green Cajfine , Tapon , or 
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 o 
a deep green colour, of a thick confidence and a 
little notched on their edges. The flowers are pro- 
duced in clofe whorls, round the branches, at the 
foot (talks of the leaves,; they are white, and are 
fucceeded by red berries, with three cells, each con- 
taining a Angle feed. 
CEANOTHUS. 
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