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Their Summits are round, with a Furrow turn- 
ing in on one Side j which gives each of them 
the Form of a Purfe. 
I Pijlillum . It is round, its Style fingle and fhort, 
and the Stigma is blunt, and fhaped like a Navel. 
Pericarpium. Is a round Berry, of a middle Size, 
with one Cell or Lodgment in it. 
Semen . It is ftngle, fpherical, inclofed in a callous 
firm Skin, befet with Spots, forming a fort of 
Husk like that of Hemp. 
I know but one Species of this Genus , which I 
deferibe thus. 
© efeription . 
It is a Plant which varies confiderably in Size ; 
that of a larger fort of Shrub, is what it moft fre- 
quently grows to. It produces a Number of Boughs 
without Order, and very tufted Branches, which 
moft commonly hang down to the Ground. Its 
Bark is moderately thick, fometimes fmooth, fome- 
times full of Cracks, of an Afh-colour, both in the 
Trunk and Branches, but green on the tender Shoots. 
Its Wood is every-wherc brittle, and nearly of a 
Straw-colour. 
The Leaves are borne on young Sprigs, which 
fhoot out along the Boughs. Thefe Sprigs are firait, 
generally fhort, but fometimes pretty long, like little 
Wands. The Leaves are thick-fet, and tufted on 
the former, but thin on the latter. They grow 
fometimes oppofite to one another by Pairs, crofT- 
ing alternately ; and fometimes by three and three, 
difpofed like Rays; but this more rarely. Their 
Length, which varies on the fame Stalk, is generally 
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