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hands, from which I raifed a great many of the 
plants, which were diftributed, and fome of them 
are now growing in the Chelfea garden. 
And that this fhrub grows naturally in Carolina, 
I can have no doubt, having received the feeds of it 
two or three times from the late Dr. Dale, who ga- 
thered them in the woods of that country. 
In my paper above-mentioned I likewife obferved, 
that the feeds, which were fent to the Royal Society 
by Father D’Incarville, for thofe of the true varnifh- 
tree, did not prove to be fo; but the plants, which 
were raifed from them, were taken to be referred to 
the fpurious varnifh-tree of Koempfer 5 which I be- 
lieved to be the fame, and own, that it is yet my 
opinion, notwithftanding what Mr. Ellis has faid to 
the contrary : for the number of lobes or pinnce on 
each leaf, with their manner of arrangement on the 
midrib, are the fame. And here we muft obferve, 
that the figure of this given by Koempfer is from a 
flowering branch ; and every gardener or botanifl: 
muft know, that the leaves, which are fituated im- 
mediately below the flowers of moil winged-leaved 
plants, have fewer lobes or pinnce , than thofe on the 
lower branches : therefore I muft fuppofe it to be the 
cafe in this plant ; and from thence, with fome other 
obfervations which I made on the feeds, I have af- 
ferted it to be the wild or fpurious varnifh-tree of 
Koempfer. But Mr. Ellis is of a contrary opinion, 
becaufe the bafe of tire lobes of thofe plants, which 
were raifed from Father D’ Incar ville’s feeds, are 
rounded and indented like two ears. In Dr. Koemp- 
fer’s figure and defcription of the faji-no-ki , the 
leaves are intire, and come to a point at their bafe. 
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