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pointed leaves, which are diftinft and fit clofe to the 
(talks. The flowers are produced in ered fpikes of 
a fcarlet colour. 
7. Lon ic era Symphoricarpos. Indian Currants , 
or St. Peter’s Wort. 
This hath a (hrubby (talk, which rifes from four 
to five feet high and fpreads into many (lender branch- 
es, garniihed with oval entire leaves, fomewhat 
hairy and placed oppofite upon (liort footftallks. 
The flowers are fmall and of an herbaceous colour, 
and are produced upon fhort, common peduncles, 
or footftalks, which are placed oppofite a conderable 
diftance along, and terminating the branches; upon 
which they are fet very clofe in whorls, or rather in 
two oppofite rows. A few of thefe are fucceeded 
by reddilh, deprcflfed, hollow and fpongy berries ; 
ripening very late, and each generally containing 
two fmall round compreffed 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. 
( T 1 HE Empcilement is three leaved : the leaves ovate, concave, 
T petal form and deciduous. m 
The Corolla has nine petals, oblong, concave, obtufe, and nar- 
rower at the bafe. 
The Filaments are numerous, fhort, iharp pointed, and com- 
preffed; inferted beneath the germen in the common recep- 
tacle of the Ryles. The Antherce are linear and adjoined on 
each fide to the margin of the filaments. 
The 
