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Grey Colour, and flit, or full of Cracks up the 
Stem, but on the Twigs it is more even and greener, 
refembling that of Evonymus , or Spindle-Tree. 
The Branches grow out of them by Stories, and op- 
pofite to one another ; thofe Stories crofs each other 
obliquely, and not at right Angles. The Thicknefs of 
thofe Branches is always proportionable to that of the 
Stem at the Place where they come out of it : This 
Proportion is about one to four, or one to five. The 
Length of the inferior Branches of the Tuft is of five 
or fix Feet, the others (horten as they come near the 
Top. The Diftances of the Stories of the Branches 
are a little unequal, but where they are wided, they 
do not exceed the Length of the greateft Leaves, that 
is, eight, or' nine Inches. 
The Twigs grow on the Branches in the fame Or- 
der as thofe do on the Stem, that is, oppofite to each 
other. The longed are commonly of the Length from 
one’s Hand to the Elbow. The greater Twigs grow 
out to a certain Didance from the Stem, and the 
others which garnifli the red of the Branches, always 
grow lefs andlefs towards their Extremity. 
The Branches and Twigs never divide them- 
fclves. 
The Leaves are large, entire, beautiful, fmooth, 
of a flnning-Greenonthe upper Side, and of an Olive 
Colour on the Back, pointed at their Extremities. 
The Rib which divides its Extent into two equal 
Parts, is ftraighf,and equally prominent on both Sides. 
From the Sides of this Rib there iffue forth Fibres 
pretty final!, and almbd by Pairs, .which ex- 
tend themfelves in Parallels,. apid bent T little Arch- 
. wife quite to -the Edge of the Leaf, - where they y 
unite 
