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158 An Account of Plants. 
very tender , five in number , fcarce fo <1 
large as the Calix : In the middle ftands a 
a Columella, thick fet with thrummy apcuU,^ 
which argue this Plant to belong to the 
Malvaceous kind. 
Tab. Fig. Of what gems this 
Shrub or Tree is, is uncertain, agreeing | 
with none yet defcrib’d, as far as can be ' 
judg’d, by the State it is in. It has a very 
beautiful Flower, of a red colour as far as 
can be guefs’d by the dry Specimen, con» 
fifting of ten large Fetala, hoary on both 
fides , efpecially underneath ; the middle 
of the Flower is thick let with Stamina,, ] 
which are woolly at the bottom, the 
length of the Petala, each of them crown’d 
with its Jpex The Calix is divided into ' 
five round pointed parts. The Leaves are 
like thofe of Amelanchier Lob. green a top 
and very woolly underneath, not running 
to a point, as is common in others, but 
with an Indenture at the upper end. 
Tab. 3. Fig. 4. Dammar a ax Nova Hoi- j 
lanAia , Sanamund^ fecunds Chyfii foliis. 1 
This new genus was firft fent from Jm- 
hoyna by Mr. Rumphius, by the Name of 
Dammara, of which he tranfmitted two 
kinds ; one with narrow and long ftifF 
Leaves, the other with fhorter and broad- 
er. The firft of them is mention’d in 
Mr. PefivePs Centuria^ p. 350. by the 
Name of Arbor hortenfis Javanorum foliis 
