Part II. 
Of Shrubs. 
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ANOTHER, with lefs numerous Branches, and SEMI- 
I’ERSPICUOUS , if held up againft rhe light. Above a 
foot high, and 1 broad. It neither huff's nor ftinks fo much 
in burning, as do the former. 
A Flat HORNY SHRUB with COLLATEARAL 
Branches. Frutex corneo-ligneus filiciform'ts, So I name it. 
In all the former, the Branches are reciprocal, or not of 
equal height on both fidcs the great Stemm: in this, juft 
oppofite, as in a Feather or Branch of the Male-Fime. 
Near a foot high, and five inches broad. The fmall or 
fide Sprigs are round, as in all the former. But the middle 
Stemm is flat. Both This and the others, Semiperfpicuous. 
They ftink in burning, but fwell not. Cover’d with a foft, 
purple, knobed, and perforated Cruft. 
ANOTHER large one, with two middle Stems, but all 
the lide Branches broken off! In height I an Eln. The Root 
of a light and skinny fubftance, fpread abroad fo,as to make 
fix inches compafs. 
ANOTHER not fo tall as the former, (about a foot high) 
but the middle Stems thicker. The collateral Branches 
here alfo broken off. 
Another fmall one : but with the Root curioufly fpread 
upon itsftony Bafe, like a thin fmooth Leafe. Moftofthefe 
flat Shrubs grow in the Mediterranean-Sea. 
A Flat SHRUB with UNITED Branches. Frutex ex- 
panfus, Ramulis coeuntibm. ’Tis afoot high, and i a yard 
broad. Divided reciprocally into feverally Branches, con¬ 
taining a Pith. In all the foregoing, the Branches are all 
loofe or feparate 5 in this, fome of the fmalleft meet in one, 
as Inofculated Veins, or as the Fibers in the Leaves of Plants. 
Of a blackiih colour, and fomewhat fetid upon burning. 
Cover’d with an afh-colour’d, foft, and knobed Cruft. 
ANOTHER, with the Branches and Conjuctions much 
more numerous, fo as to make very clofe Work. Near a 
foot high, and almoft as broad. Stinks in burning, and is 
cover’d with a knobed Cruft , as the former. 
A Great SEA-FAN. Frutex m. maximus,RETlCZ> LATZJS , 
f. Flabellum marinum maximum. In the 'two former, only 
fome, here all the Ramifications are united, fo as to make 
one entire piece of Net-work, inthefhapeof a Fan. ’Tis 
above I of a yard high, and almoft a yard and I broad. 
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