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. Among the -Greeks they were not improperly' called
-i. e. done-trees, ftone in. fubftdnce,. and. tj^es in growth and figure.
Among the branches :_of the foveral northern yegetaMesin mylpof-
feffioirj hang fevqral fcft:foamente,itofe
^nd -.theihgneh of» ftrawjvthsfe I.look upon to be other marine
plants different from the corah thnktheir; colour, like.4 that .of,the
cor^iislMn^iiEer|FMthJc*j have.alfo- peroewfedck 'hr.owi®<oil'r cffiddp
tosdSftili &K«n: the orifices df ac©i»l ca^fifiapUwhickpasifef as It
_ reachedymadeja? tnfiole »iteration l
hhati new exhibit dp coticifeview -of my cdlie£tk>n of northern
JE©raIr-pkn#s^ • which were hailed fijfcitt > tM^iEj&ing-lietsi bbtH there
and m:Simdmoer.
r* A piece:half an ell in length, and a quarter and half in
«Js- breadth, its ffebots openjmd expanded, ,with pretty large flowers,
- or Hones; its colour .perfemy white. V . -
2. A thick piece abnoftn-ound, whBdtsitwigs ifeternilngled like
a. thorn, the Hones fm^l.. and hladt, . aid .tfietotheiL pht^y^i-
lpwiih. .
Seepiat&xi^.,r .i.3;: Thi&is aiquartorand^halhlon^s ai^ a qnktojbf: an.? ed in
r l bhs&dtlt} iropliradted- abnoft like the-farmer, blit dafctdr ^ entinely
white, the fiowfss m»ch ;largef thah the -fernaHrf fferqe.of fher^
even exceeding a Hulling i . and ilike^ife expandedidfera Sower
in foil :bldtsn,:ft>r which fitagijlaf Aeautyil catdbdna diaughfc <jf it
to be taken. \
4. A p ie c e 0 f confiderahle thieknefs,r!theImain fliootmueh
ftrongpr than the former, with a laj-ge and .globular hodp, 13ke.the
eapihla of afiaw®Ibeforedts,bibom:}h&hsite qther/twighas open
fteliated dowers, with a cavity latter than the formed ;
f i g: b. i 5. Afoaall elegant coral flmih, with .flat J k o p t e jbeinganr'ex^
aft representation of the extremities of a dag or rein-deej-’s antlers,
adhering to a ftone, )
pig. c 6. Another of the fame ^d,v-hkewhc grqwjpg from aJftone,
of a gteyidi colour, as is the former.
Pig d. y. This is very dender, being a plant juft beginning to open
the ftone.
%, e. , 8, The hke, but more expanded;
; Kg- p- ■ -g. This is no bigger than the tip of the finger, but formed in
a manner, the like of which I have never feen. It fomewhat re-
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