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THIS fhrub 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 inthe autumn, and might then at firft fight be fooner 
taken for a Myr/us than a Mimo/a. 
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 {tem rifes, the common 
footitalks of its leaves become dilated, the leaflets ceafe to 
appear, and the whole fhrub is ever after furnifhed with 
fuch dilated naked footftalks, which we beg permiffion 
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, {mooth, 
firm, glaucous. S#/puwie none. On their upper edge near 
the bafe is a {mall concave gland. Race axillary, foli- 
tary, erect, of about fix alternate heads, each of three or 
four {mall white fowers, whofe ca/yx has only four feg- 
ments, and the coro//a four petals. The //amina are very 
numerous. Germen roundith; /7y/e and /figma fimple. 
Pod linear, pointed, zigzag, brown, with a very thick 
margin. Seeds about fix, oblong. 
EXPLANATION oF TAB. XV. 
1. A flower in front. 2. The fame feen behind, 
magnified. 3. A ftamen. 4. Germen, natural fize and 
magnified. 5. Pod open, natural fize. 6. A feed. 
