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exa&ly like the Rays of a Sphere they make the Bunch 
of Berries that they bear of a circular form. This Fruit 
is not good to ear. The Stone is like the Stones of o- 
ther common Fruity it is hard, and inclofes a Kernel. 
It is always placed upon the fame Plan or Level with 
the Sprig that bears the Berry. From whence it is, that 
the Berry is not round, but a little Flat on each fide. 
If it be double, there is a kind of depreffion, or hollow 
Place in the middle, where the two Parts unite. It has 
alfo a fmall Beard at Tap, diametrically oppofite to the 
Sprig on which it hangs. When the Berry is dry, there 
remains only a fhrivel’d Skin that Clicks dole to the 
Stones, and is then of a dark red or almoft black Co- 
lour. 
This Plant dyes away, and fprings again every Year. 
The number of its Years may be known by the number 
of Stalks it has fhot forth, of which there always remains 
fome Mark 5 as may be feen in the Figure by the Letters 
b. b. b. Sec. From whence it appears that the Root A* 
was feven Years old, and that the Root H. was 
fifteen. 
As to the Flower, not having feen i% I can give no 
Defcription of it. Some fay that it is white and very fmall : 
Others have allured me, that this Plant has none, and 
that no Body ever faw it. I rather believe, that it is 
fo fmall, and fo little remarkable, that they never took 
Notice of it : And what confirms tne in this Opinion is, 
that thofe that look for the Gitt-feng , having regard to 
and minding only the Root, commonly neglect and 
throw away all tbeteft of the Plant as of no ufe. 
There are fome Plants, which befide the Bunch of 
Benies I have defcribed, have alfo one or two Berries 
like the former, placed an Inch or an Inch and a half 
below the Bunch. And when this happens, they fay, if 
any one takes Notice of the Point of the Compafs that 
ibefe Berries direct to, he canfc fail of finding the Plant 
