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thefe Leaves are pointed at each End; the largeft 
arc two Inches long, and about an Inch broad in 
their Middle ; the fmalleft bear half the Dimenfions 
of the largeft : Their Edges are even: They are fmooth, 
fhining, and of a beautiful green Colour : Their 
middle Rib, which Rrves to each Leaf as a fhort 
Pedicle, is terminated in their Point, but fends out, 
in its PaRage through the Leaf, alternately four or 
five nervous Filaments on each Side. Thefe Leaves 
are much like thole of Privet. 
The Flowers grow in Bunches at the Extremities 
of the young Branches,, and are endowed with a 
very agreeable and lingular Odour. They are of a 
Straw-colour; but as they grow old and wither, 
they become of the Colour of a Citron. The Ca- 
lyx is more pale than the Corolla of the Flowers. 
Its Petals are turned up as much if not more than 
thofe fmall Petals are which adorn the Centre of a 
double Rofe. The Stamina , which are white, tranf- 
parent, and which grow from the Bafe of the Em- 
bryo of the Fruit, form as it were a double Crofs, 
by their almoft parallel Situation and Extenfion be- 
tween the Petals. The Lobes of the Calyx , being 
of the fame Length and Form of the Petals, 
feem to give to the intire Flower an o&ogonal 
Figure. The Summits or Anther £ are fmall, and 
of the fame Colour as the Petals, each having a 
deep Furrow in its Bottom ; the more thefe decay, 
the more yellow they grow, in the lame manner 
as the Petals. The Furrow in the Anthera , which 
at firft is of a palifii black, grows of a deeper Hue, 
as the Flower fades. The ‘ Tiftilhim , after the Flower 
is gone, grows larger in the Calyx , and becomes, 
when perfe&ly ripe, a dry, membranous, round 
Fruit, of about three Lines in Diameter. But before 
