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Relhan firft fhewed me the Athamanta liba* 
notis-, a fcarce plant, which, fmce the time 
of Ray, had been entirely loft. We fhall 
vifit this field another time. 
You are delighted with the fragrant efflu- 
via of this narrow lane. It is the fragrance 
of rofes. That fhrub, with white flowers, 
is the Viburnum opulus, or Guelder Rofe; and 
the other is the Rofa canina, or Dog Rofe, 
If you examine the cymte of the firft, you 
will find that the fmail flowers in the centre 
have fivejtamina and three minute ftigmata, 
and that the large flowers in the radius have 
neither. , 
The Rofa canlna is of the Clafs Icofandria 
Polygynia. You will find, in your Synopfis, 
that it is of the firft genus in that Order, and 
that there are five fpecies in this ifland. 
Lotus. There is a yellow flower that we 
have frequently feen in our walks, but 
of which we have hitherto taken no 
notice. By the leaves you would fup- 
pofe it a Trefoil. Indeed its Englifti 
name is Birdsfoot Trefoil. Linnaeus 
calls it Lotus corniculatus. You will de- 
termine the genus by its turbular calyx, 
the wings of the corolla conniving lon- 
gitudinally 
