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fruit is said to form a principal part of the food of the wild 
swine. It is also used. at the dessert, the pulp possessing a 
subacid flavour grateful in hot climates. The hard shell- 
like rind is dried, and manufactured in the french colonies 
into snuff-boxes, bonboniéres, and other toys, such as we 
sometimes see formed of the peel of Lemons or of Limes. 
The species comes the nearest to laurifolia of any other 
known to us; but differs in having a broader three-nerved 
cordate-oblong foliage of a yellower green; by larger sti- 
pules; by a red-veined unnotched glandless involucre, 
which is rather longer than the calyx; by outermost co- 
ronal rays, that are retroverted and wound in ringlets; 
and by.a pericarp, or seed-vessel, which is round, even, and 
almost as hard as that of a walnut in its green peel. The 
* bloom is slighly fragrant, green and white, variegated with 
dots and circles of red and violet. When the shrub is of 
sufficient age, and planted in thé border within the bark- 
bed of the stove, an abundance of both bloom and fruit is. 
produced. 
We have purposely omitted the standing synonym from, 
Millers Dictionary, the description differing in so many 
; points, as to make it impossible for us to believe the writer 
ad this species in view. The plant has been long known 
in our collections; but if Miller's is really different, we 
have no means of knowing at what time it was first intro- " 
duced. | 
The drawing was made in November last, from a plant 
of long standing in Mr. Vere's collection at Kensington 
Gore. It had been in bloom for more than two months. 
in succession. 
« An outer ray of the crown. Âm inner rwy Uf the same: ¢Thd . 
lower ring of the pediment of the column. g The upper one. e The oper- 
culum or ruffle, FA The small tubercles which line the neck of the calycine- 
e 
tube, and form the inmost compartment of the crown. g The fruit partly: 
enclosed by the involucre, li gu ysy 
