ASPALATHUS, AFRICAN BROOM; a genus of the decandria order, belonging to the diadelphia claſs of plants. Of this genus there are 19 ſpecies; all of which are natives of warm climates, and muſt be preſerved in ſloves by thoſe who would cultivate them here. They have no great beauty, nor other remarkable property; which renders a particular deſcription of them needleſs.