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The charaders of the Halefia are as follows. 
CAL. (a) Perianthium monophyllum, fuperum, 
minimum, perftftens, quadridentatum : 
denticulis acutiufculis, eredis. 
COR. (b) Petalum campanulatum, magnum, 
ventricofum j limbus quadrilobus : lobis 
minimis, obtufis, patulis. 
STAM. (c d) Filamenta [d) duodecim, (raro fc- 
decim) tubo coroll® inferta, bad con- 
nata, fubulata, ereda, corolla paulo bre- 
viora. Anther a (c) oblong®, obtuf®, 
ered®. 
PIST. ( e fg) Germen (e) oblongum, inferum. 
Stylus (/) filiformis, corolla longior, 
perfiftens. Stigma (g) fimplex. 
PER. (Z>) Nux corticata, lub cortice fulcata, ob- 
longa, utrinque anguftata, membranis 
angulata, quadrilocularis (/£). 
SEM. (/) l'olitaria, lineari-oblonga. 
The fpecies are, 
tetraptera. i. Hales i a frudibus membranaceo- 
quadrangulatis. 
diptera. 2 . Halesia frudibus alatis. 
The other plant, which J am to defcribe, is known 
by the name of the Cape Jafmine, and is the moft 
rare and beautiful fhrub, that has yet been introduced 
into the European gardens, as well for the refreftiing 
aromatic fmell of its double milk-white flowers, as- 
the perpetual verdure of its leaves, which are like 
thofe of the lemon-tree. [Fide Tab. XXIII.] 
It 
