northern. limit of the tropic. Catesby found it in Carolina ; 

 and the plant from which this drawin 



was made was 

 raised from seeds sent to the Horticultural Society by 

 R. Hesketh, Esq., his Majesty's Consul - General at 

 Maranhao. 



Flowers in the stove in 



August. 



Its blossoms are 



singular, but not fragrant ; the fruit does not seem to be 

 of any value ; the foliage is particularly handsome. 



The pollen was observed to collect in two rows in each 



of the anther, and so to f 



presented 



the small figures at the bottom of the accompanying plat 

 an unusual economy of the granules, the cause of which 



ected with the ge 



structure of the sexual ap- 



paratus, it is difficult to comprehend 



J. L 



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