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foon as it happens to rain) each fix or eight Leaves 
four or five Inches long, and as many broad, cut into 
feVeral Segments almoft as deep as the middle Rib, 
fomewhat after the Manner of the Sphondylium: 
They ftand upon Footftalks five or fix Inches long } 
and from the Middle of them come forth other Foot- 
ftalks fomewhat longer, fuftaining each a ftrangeSort 
of Body, flat, and fituated vertically, or with one 
Edge uppermoft, which I have called Placenta . In 
this Species it is of an oval Figure, with its longer 
Axis parallel to the Footftalk. One fide of it is 
fmooth and green like the outfide of the C'alix in 
other Plants ; but from the other arife a great many 
fmall yellow coloured Apices ; and after they are gone, 
many fmall roundilh Seeds begin to appear, which 
when ripe are fomewhat like thofe of Gromwell or 
Lithofpermon . It grows in the Kingdom of New 
Spain, near old Vera Cruz, on the high Ground, by 
the Side of the River. 
The fecond Kind has much the fame Number of 
Leaves growing from each Root, as the former ; but 
of a different Figure, for forne of them are entire, and 
lhaped like thole of a Violet , others angular, like 
Leaves of Ivy , and fome almoft as much divided as 
the Leaves of the common Maple. They are thin, 
and of a dark green Colour, and fmooth, or have only a 
few fcarce perceptible Hairs on the Back. The Pedicles 
that fuftain the Flowers arife immediately from the 
Root as in the other Species, and attain to the fame 
Height of fix or eight Inches. But the Placenta 
which fuftains the Flowers, is in this Kind Quadran- 
gular, waved about the Edges, and broader tranfverfly 
than 
