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bark, and white villofe buds. Leaves roundifh, half an 
inch long. Flowers terminating, three or four, pendulous. 
14. Afpalathus hyftrix, or porcupine afpalathus : leaves 
fafci'cled, filiform, rigid, fpiny, filky; flowers lateral, fef- 
file, folitary; corollas villofe. This fhrub is diflindt from 
the*others, by its leaves refembling filky white fpines. 
ic. Afpalathus galioides: leaves fafcicled, linear, po- 
lifhed ; peduncles two-flowered, elongate, leafy at the end. 
Stem two feet high, decumbent, branching, (mooth: leaves 
refembling thofe of afparagus ; with two fertile flowers. 
16. Afpalathus retroflexa : leaves fafcicled, lubulate, 
fmooth, very fmall; branches filiform, very rereading; 
flowers folitary, terminal. 17. Afpalathus uniflora, or 
one-flowered afpalathus: leaves fafcicled, linear, unarmed, 
fmooth; ftipules rttarp, permanent; flowers folitary, di- 
vifions of the calyxes boat-ftiaped. 18. Afpalathus ara- 
neofa: leaves fafcicled, briftle-fhaped, unarmed, hifpid; 
flowers headed. 19. Afpalathus afparagoides: leaves faf¬ 
cicled, fetaceous, rather hairy; calyxes leaf-fhaped, the 
length of the corolla, folitary. 20. Afpalathus fencea, or 
filky afpalathus : leaves fafcicled, lanceolate, filky; pe¬ 
duncles terminal, two-flowered, banner almofl naked. 21. 
Afpalathus canefcens, or hoary afpalathus : leaves fafci¬ 
cled fubulate, tomentofe-filky; flowers lateral, banners 
pubefeent. 22. Afpalathus heterophylla, or various-leaved 
afpalathus: leaves of the branches fafcicled, of the branch- 
lets termite, linear, rough with halts ; lpikes teiminal, 
calyx and corollas villofe. This is Angular in having the, 
lower leaves in bunches, the upper ternate ; flowers yel¬ 
low The rudiments of the twigs make bundles of leaves 
on the branches themfelves. This, and all the foregoing 
Ipecies, are natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
23. Afpalathus indica, or fmall-flowered afpalathus: 
leaves quinate fertile, peduncles one-flowered. This is a 
fhrub with (lender hard round twigs; branches alternate, 
fhort. Leaves alternate ; leaflets oblong, obtufe, feflile, 
broader towards the end, bluntifh, fmooth, the fide ones a 
little fliorter. It grows about five feet high. The flow¬ 
ers are of a pale red colour; they appear in Auguft:, but 
are feldom fucceeded by pods here. It is a native of the 
Eaft-Indies, and was cultivated by Mr. Miller, in 1739. 
24. Afpalathus cretica, or evergreen afpalathus : leaves 
trine wedge-fliaped, fmooth, the lateral ones lhorter; fti- 
pules obfoletc ; flowers headed. Height four teet and a 
half. Trunk three or four inches thick, branching from 
top to bottom : branches very flexible, divided and fub- 
divided. Leaves very many, fmall, narrow, oblong, thick, 
evergreen, reflex at the edge, and in a point which is hard 
but not prickly, and have lometimes two ears at the bafe; 
flowers in two rows, two, three, and four, together, yel- 
low very frnsll* with <i pl-eafunt fmcll > 2 (ingle lounci, 
fl it’ fhinmg, feed. 23. Afpalathus qninquefolia, or five- 
leaved afpalathus: leaves in fives, feflile; peduncles fpi- 
ked. 26. Afpalathus tridentata, or three-toothed afpa¬ 
lathus: leaves trine-lanceolate, fmooth ; ftipules three¬ 
toothed, mucronate ; flowers headed. This, the two fpe- 
cies immediately foregoing, and thofe which follow, except 
the thirty-fecond, are natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
27. Afpalathus pilofa, or hairy afpalathus : leaves tern- 
linear, villofe; heads terminal, very hairy; corollas pu¬ 
befeent. 28. Afpalathus anthylloides : leaves trine-lan¬ 
ceolate,’equal, fubpubefeent; 'ftipules none; heads ter¬ 
minal. 29. Afpalathus laxata, or loofe-leaved afpalathus: 
leaves tern-linear, villofe; flowers in bunches of five; 
calvxes woolly ; flems proflrate, round. 
-o Afpalathus argentea, or filvery afpalathus : leaves 
trine-linear filky, ftipules Ample mucronate, flowers fcat- 
tered tomentofe. TL his rifes about foul teet high, with a 
fhrubby (talk dividing into (lender branches. T he flowers 
are purple, downy, and grow thinly on the branches ; 
they come out late in the Cummer. The leaves are in 
threes or in bunches, lanceolate, filky, as is the whole 
riant.’ Flowers in fpikes, or elfe fcattered, lateral, villofe. 
11 Has the figure of cytifus. Mr. Miller cultivated if in 
,<739» It flowers in July and Auguft. 
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31. Afpalathus callofa, or callous afpalathus: leaves 
trine fubulate equal, ftipules roundifh callous, flowers 
fpiked fmooth. This is an underfhrub, having the branches 
covered with round callufes, occafioned by the falling of the 
leaves, which are feflile, with a callous bafe, like thofe of 
juniper, (harp, fmooth, flat, but convex beneath. 
32. Afpalathus orientalis, or Levant afpalathus: leaves 
ternate lanceolate, pubefeent, flowers in bunches of five, 
calyxes pubefeent, ftetns ereft angular, a foot long. Found 
by Tournefort in the Levant. 
33. Afpalathus nnicronata: leaves tern poliflied, branch¬ 
es acuminate, flowers in racemes. Stem fmooth, with re¬ 
mote branches not warted ; they draw gradually to a point, 
and are, as it were, fpiny. 
34. Afpalathus pinnata, or pinnate-leaved afpalathus : 
leaves pinnate-quinate obcordate, peduncles headed. This 
is allied to No. 23. 
33. Afpalathus pedunculata, or fmall-leaved afpalathus: 
leaves fafcicled fubulate fmooth, peduncles filiform twice 
the length of the leaf. This was found at the Cape by 
Maffon, and was introduced into the royal garden at Kew 
in 1773. It flowers in Auguft. 
36. Afpalathus candicans, or fair afpalathus : leaves 
trine and fafcicled filiform filky, flowers fublateral, ban¬ 
ners naked. This alfo was found at the Cape by Maflon, 
was introduced in 1774, and flowers in June and July. 
37. Afpalathus arborea, or tree afpalathus: leaves pin- 
nate-quinate, racemes terminating. This is a middle-fized 
tree, with a ftraight trunk, but weak reclining branches. 
It differs from No. 23, for that has one-flowered axillary 
peduncles, and never rifes to a tree. 
Propagation and Culture. Few of thefe fhrubs have hi¬ 
therto been cultivated in Europe; they are moftly natives, 
of tiie Cape of Good Flope. They are to be propagated 
by feeds, which mu ft be obtained from t he country where 
they grow naturally, and fhould be fown in pots filled 
with light earth as foon as they arrive : if this happens in 
the autumn, the pots fhould be plunged into an old tan- 
bed whofe heat is fpent, where they may remain till fpring, 
when they fhould be removed into a moderate hot-bed, 
which will bring up the plants. But, when the feeds ar¬ 
rive in the fpring, the pots in which the feeds are fown 
fhould be then plunged into a moderate hot-bed; and in 
warm weather the glades mud: be fhaded in the middle of 
the day, and the pots frequently refrefhed with water. 
Thofe feeds which are fown in the fpring feldom grow 
the fame year, therefore in the autumn the pots fhould be 
put into an old tan-bed, as was directed for thofe fown 
in autumn, and afterward put in a hot-bed the following 
fpring. When the plants come up, and are ftrong enough 
to remove, they fhould be each planted into a feparate fmall 
pot filled with light earth, and plunged into a moderate 
hot-bed, to encourage their rooting again; and fo foon as 
they are eftablifhed in the pots, they fhould by degrees be 
inured to tire open air, into which they fhould be removed 
in fummer, placing them in a dickered fituation, where 
they may remain till autumn, when they muft be carried 
into the green-houfe, and in winter fhould have but little 
water. See Robinia and Spartium. 
Aspalathus Ebenus. See Amerimnum. 
ASPANG', a town of Germany, in the archduchy of 
Auftria, feventeen miles fouth of Ebenfurth. 
ASPA'IiAGUS, J. [ x.crn a young flroot, before 
it unfolds its leaves.] In botany, a genus of the hexandria 
nionogynia clafs, ranking in the natural order of larinen- 
taceae. The generic characters.are—Calyx: none. Co¬ 
rolla : petals fix, cohering by the claws, oblong, erefted 
into a tube ; three alternately interior, reflex at the end, 
permanent. Stamina : filaments fix, filiform, inferted in¬ 
to the petals, ereft, fliorter than the corolla ; antherse 
roundifh. Piftillum: germ turbinate, three-cornered ; 
fly 1 e very fhort ; ftigma a prominent point. Pericarpiuni: 
berry globular, umbilicated with a point, three-celled. 
Seeds: two, round, angular on the infide, fmooth.— 
LJf-niial Character. Corolla fix-parted, ere ft ; the three 
inner 
