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XIV. ^ Defcription of the Andrachne , w/V/r 
//j’ Botanical Char aiders: By G. D. Ehret, 
F. R. S. -km 
Read Feb. 2 6 , TT^ ROM a fhort and crooked ftem go . 
X 1 off irregularly feveral branches bend- 
ng in various directions ; but the younger fhoots, 
moffly pointing upwards. The height of°the fhrub 
is now about four feet. 
The item and branches are of different colours at. 
different feafons. In the fpring, they appear of a 
greenifh cinnamon colour; this is gradually heightened 
to almoft a red during winter; towards the end of 
which, the epidermis peels off, and the new bark ex- 
hibits the likeappearance as it had the fpring before. 
On the extremities of thefe branches, the fhoots of 
the preceding year, which are of a deep red colour, 
are many leaves of different frzes, placed irregularly ; 
the large ft leaves were in length,- when the figure was 
drawn, about four inches* and two inches and an half 
in breadth, of an oval figure : they are moftly entire, 
though the edges of fome are. lightly ferrated : their 
lurface is fmooth and lively, but not gloffy or fhining. 
They are fupported on the branches by foot! talks 
about an inch long, of a red colour and* fmooth, 
The young leaves, at their firft appearencc, are of a 
faintifh green with a caft of yellow yet beautifully 
fhaded with red : their footftalks and middle rib are 
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