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THIS flmib is now not uncommon in our green- 
houfes, having been raifed in plenty from feeds brought 
from Port Jackfon. . It generally bears its fragrant flowers 
late in the autumn, and might then at firft fight be fooner 
taken for a Myrtus than a Miniofa. 
It grows to the height of three or four feet, the branches 
alternate, upright, angular, with a very tough, fmooth 
bark. Leaves of the young feedlings in pairs, pinnated ; 
their leaflets oval : but when the fiem rifes, the common 
footflalks of its leaves become dilated, the leaflets ceafe to 
appear, and the whole flirub is ever after furniflied with 
fuch dilated naked footflalks, which we beg permilfion 
to call leaves, becaufe they undoubtedly to all intents 
and purpofes are fo ; thefe are alternate, vertical, lanceo- 
late, narrow at each extremity, tipped with a little fharp 
point, entire and cartilaginous in the margin, fmooth, 
firm, glaucous. Stipulce none. On their upper edge near 
the bafe is a fmall concave gland. Racemi axillary, foli- 
tary, eredf, of about fix alternate heads, each of three or 
four fmall white flowers., whofe calyx has only four feg- 
ments, and the corolla four petals. The flamina are very 
numerous. Germen roundifli; flyle and fligma fimple. 
linear, pointed, zigzag, brown, with a very thick 
margin. Seeds about fix, oblong. 
EXPLANATION of TAB. XV. 
I, A flower in front. 2. The fame feen behind, 
magnified. 3. A flamen. 4. Germen, natural fize and 
magnified. 5. Pod open, natural fize. 6, A feed. 
