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The root fibrous ; when old, woody. The young 
ftalks of a grey green ; in the fecond year, red. They 
have knots at different intervals. Each knot has two 
lharp-pointed leafy narrow ftipulae. The ftalks are 
dichotomi : and near the umbella there is, at every 
bifurcation, a flower twice as big as the others, having 
its feeds more ripe and perfect. 
The calyx grows almoft woody, and is five-pointed. 
The petala are fmall, oval-pointed, white, in number 
ten: the five ftamina fhort : the antherae yellow: the 
piftilla two, very fhort. 
The feeds egg-fhaped, one or two flrongly adhering 
to the calyx. 
The whole plant, when old, has ftalks ten inches 
in length, procumbent by the weight of the flowers, 
and making a fort of convex bufh round about the root. 
XXI. Some farther' Intelligence relating to 
the Jaculator Fijh , mentioned in the Philofo - 
phical FranfaElions for 1764, Art. XI A. 
from Mr. Homtnel, at Batavia, together 
with the Defcription of a?iother Species , by 
Dr . Pallas, F. R. S. in a letter to Mr. 
Peter Collinfon, F. R. S. from John 
Albert SchlofTer, M. D . F. R. S. 
Amfterdam, Feb. 15, 1766. 
Read June 5, "X 'X THEN the Jaculator fifh intends to 
1766. yy catch a fly or any other infedt, 
which is feen at a difhmce, it approaches very ilowly 
and cautioully, and comes as much as poffible perpen- 
dicularly 
