. The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants : particularly, those not hitherto described, or incorrectly figured by former authors, with their descriptions in English and French : to which is prefixed, a new and correct map of the countries, with observations on their natural state, inhabitants, and productions . 1. TH E height of this Plant is ufually about afoot, rifing with fcveral ftems, which divideinto fmaller ftalks ; on which grow the flowers onfootftalks half an inch long : the flow
. The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants : particularly, those not hitherto described, or incorrectly figured by former authors, with their descriptions in English and French : to which is prefixed, a new and correct map of the countries, with observations on their natural state, inhabitants, and productions . 1. TH E height of this Plant is ufually about afoot, rifing with fcveral ftems, which divideinto fmaller ftalks ; on which grow the flowers onfootftalks half an inch long : the flower is red,tubulous, confiding of five petals, with a deepnotch at the end of each, befides an angular pointon each fide : the leaves grow oppofite to one ano-ther without footftalks. They are frequently foundin the fandy woods near Charles Town in Carolina. T A hauteur de cette Plante eft communément den--*—* viron un fié : elle fort de terre avec plufieurstiges quijefubdivifent en petites branches, fur lefquellesnaiftent la fleurs attachées à des pédicules dun demipouce : les fleur eft rouge, tubuhuje, conipofce de cinqfeuilles, qui ont chacune une entaille profonde à leurextrémité, outre une pointe angulaire de chaque côté:les feuilles font vis-à-vis les unes des autres fans queues:ou trouve ordinairement ces Plantes dans les boisfablon-neux,qui font auprès de Charles Town dans la bb
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