The ſeed is oval, covered with a light down, and has at the top twelve or fourteen hairy tufts. On account of the colour of the leaves of this plant I have called it richea glauca. The flower is of a brimſtone-yellow colour.
Explanation of the Figures in Plate XVI.
Fig. 1. The plant.
Fig. 2. The flower ſeen from behind, ſo as to diſtinguiſh the common calix.
Fig. 3. One of the ſmall calices, with its floriola.
Fig. 4. One of the floriola with its ſeed.
Fig. 5. The ſame ſeen through a magnifying glaſs.
Fig. 6. Floriola, divided longitudinally, to ſhew the ſtamina.
Fig. 7. The ſame ſeen through a magnifying glaſs.
One of the officers of the Recherche, following a beaten path made by the ſavages through the woods, met ſix of them walking ſlowly towards the ſouth, who were all ſtark-naked, and armed with javelins ſixteen or eighteen feet in length. Their ſurpriſe at ſo unexpected a rencounter was viſible in their countenances; but their number inſpiring them with courage, they approached at the invitations of the European, and bound round
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