C 6© 8 ] 
i oo. Frutex fpinofus buxi folds y plurimis JimiiF 
nafcentibus ; flore tetrapetaloide y pendulo, fordide 
flavor tubo longijfimo 5 fructu ovali croceo y Jemma 
parva continente . 
The Leaves of this- little Tree were like thofe of 
Box 5 the Flowers were tubulous, of a yellow 
Colour about fix Inches long, hanging pendulous : 
They were monopetalous, being very fmall at the 
Galix, and wide at the Mouth, in Form of a Roman 
Trumpet, except that their Verge was divided into 
four deep Segments, reflected back.- Shewing a 
Specimen of this Plant to Conful Sherard , who was 
fo juftly celebrated for his Knowledge in Plants, he 
exprefied his Admiration, and declared, that had he 
not feen the Thing itfelf, he could not have believed 
there had been fuch a fingular Plant in Nature. 
[Dr. GronoviuSy a very learned Gentleman at 
Leyden , and curious in botanical Studies, has 
paid our Author the Compliment of giving 
this Plant the Name of' Cat esb^ea- *] 
Rap Mo caudatiis Carolinianus i fufcusy ftriis p ab- 
le fcentibus-, lined et mac uli s j anguine is fiibtus orn&- 
Ms. Pet; Mufi p. yo* N. 50s. 
*- As l.angrmus and Riccioli diftinguifhed the Regions in the Moon by 
the Names of Men famous in Philofophy and Mathematicks, fo have the 
Botanifts paid their Compliments to Men eminent for their Knowlege 
of Plants, or for being Encouragers of Botany, by giving their Names 
to new-difcover’d Plants, 
. ’ * • • 1 1 « ;» ■ . ; • v . f .«■ • . <*• . r ■ •?’ 
VIII. 
