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Threads, almoft imperceptible, but parallel, which 
grow alfo by Pairs, and are placed at acute Angles with 
their little common Nerve, and grow fmaller at the 
Edge of tlieii* Leaf. In (hort, their Pofition and Figure 
come pretty near to thofe of the T^amarlnd, The 
Number is ufually from eight to ten Pairs, and they 
are as fenfible on being touched, as thofe of the Spe- 
cies of Mimofa, They (hut themfelves up atSun-fet, 
as it were to fleep, after the fame manner with the 
Leaves of the T^amarind. The Ribs are in Number 
from two to .thcee Dozen ^ and the Pedicles of the 
Flowers are about a fourth Part fewer in Number: 
Both the one and the other appear of different Lengths, 
becaufe the (liorteft are the youngeft, but at laft they 
ufually grow to almofl the fame Length with the firfl. 
The opening- of the Leaves is performed almofl: after 
the fame manner with that of the Top of the Spikes of 
the Species of HeliotropUm^ unrolling like the Tail 
of a Scorpion, The Ribs and the Pedicles are a little 
hairy, as well as the Stalk. The Pedicles are of the 
fame Thicknefs with the Ribs. 
The Flower, though it feeras to be monopetalous, 
is not fo, any more than the Species of O^cysy which 
feem. to be fo too : Otherwife the Principles of Monf, 
FaiUant would be falfe, who has 'laid it down as a 
Rule, that in all monopetalous Flowers the Chives grow 
from the Sides of the Flower, and that thofe which 
grow from the Bafe of the Embryon, or rather from 
the Ovary, are always polypetalous. In (hort, if we 
examine them nicely, which no one has done till now, 
we may obferve, that thefe Flowers have no ^nus at 
the Bafe, but that the Petals, which are always five in 
Number, 
