appearance, that a poet would compare them to diamonds 
lying on a bed of emeralds, 
Flowers .in June. Our drawing was made in the 
Garden of the Horticultural Society in J une last, where it 
had been raised from seeds presented by the Honourable 
Court of Directors. 
It is deserving of notice, that the peculiar flavour which 
in Drupaceæ is attributed to the presence of Prussic acid, 
is so strong in this plant, that before flowering it would 
be taken for a Prunus; a remarkable fact in a tribe of 
plants which ‚are reputed to possess exclusively Malic, 
instead of Prussic acid. 
. À prostrate, branching shrub, about a foot high. Branches 
spreading, round, dark brown, pilose. Leaves on short 
stalks, obovate-oblong, obtuse, lucid, coriaceous, with 
scarcely any veins, beneath a little hairy. Flowers solitary, 
with short downy peduncles. Calyr campanulate, with 
short. downy teeth. Petals large, white, concave, spread- 
ing, round, longer than the tube of the calyx. a 
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