lob 



s: 



both surfaces are coated 



The flowers diffi 



a 



fr 



proceeds fro 



ag 



a 



iley of 



The corolla and inside of the caly 



soft velvet-like pile, 

 reminds us of that 

 finer kinds of ripe 



f 



trans- 



parent tender white, and come very near to those of 



but are larger, 

 described as sr 



Native of S 

 Houston, grov 

 before 1733. 



A stove 



recommeni 



The fruit we hav 



oundish, and of a yello 



but have heard 



A 



where it was found by D 



ally at La Vera C 



Introduced 



slant, requiri 



g the same culture as that we h 

 ed for its tropical congeners in the thirtee 



The 



of the present work, 

 drawing was taken 



the botanical establishment 



belonging to the Comtesse de Vandes, Bayswater 





a A stigma, b The germen. c A ray of the outer crown, d Some of 



the rays of the inner crown, e The inmost crown. yTh 

 incomplete operculum or cover, 

 of fructification. I An anther. 



g The 

 h The receptacle, i The stipe or columa 



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