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unite themfelves into a Thread, which forms there 
a kind of Margin. The Mafhes, or Filaments of the 
Net are not very perceptible.. The Size of thefe 
Leaves varies j the larged are eight or nine Inches 
long, but commonly feven. The Breadth of each 
Leaf is near equal to half its Length, which Propor- 
tion is always the fame in every Leaf. Their Pe- 
dicles are thick r Ihort and wrinkled, flat on the In- 
fide, and raifed in the Shape of an Afs’s Back on the 
Outfide, moft frequently half an Inch long. They 
come out near, and on the Extremities of the Twigs, 
oppofite to each other like the Branches, themfelves. 
There appear feldom above two Pairs of Leaves on 
each Twig, and thofe that (hoot out lad always make 
up the Extremity of that Twig. 
The Flower is of two Inches in Diameter, pretty 
much like a (ingle Rofe. It is compofed of four Pe- 
tal a, almoft round,, or a little pointed, of the Breadth 
of an Inch, or thereabouts, very thick, firm, flelhy, 
brittle, and fomewhat hollowed into the Shape of a 
Spoon. Their greated Thicknefs is near their Ba~ 
(is, of above a Line, which decreafes by Degrees to- 
wards the Extremity. They entirely referable the Pe- 
tal of a Rofe, except that inftead of being indent- 
ed like a Heart, they end gradually into roundilh 
Points (as I faid before). Their Colour is alfo like 
that of a Rofe, except that it is deeper and lefs live- 
ly. The Bads, which is the thicked and firmed 
Part of it, is the whited, and the mod brittle. 
The Pidil, or Ovary, is a round or almofl cylin- 
drical. Body,. fiveTdnes . thick, ra'ifed to the Height 
of four. The upper. Pari of this Pidil, that is to fay, 
its Tube, is cut in the Shape of a fmall Rofe, cover?' 
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