the opportunity of figuring it we are indebted to the kind- 

 ness of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, in whose 

 stove at Sion it flowered last July, for the first time, we 

 believe, in Europe. 



It is one of those fragrant trees of the tropics whose foliage 

 is filled with a sweet volatile oil like that of the orange, and 

 whose aromatic tonic bark is valuable as a remedy for the 

 fevers of such countries. The genus is indeed very near 

 Galipea, one of whose species furnishes the Angostura bark 

 of medicine. 



A diminished figure shews the habit of the plant; fig. 1. 

 its peculiar cup-like disk and style; fig. 2. the ovary and 

 disk cut through so as to display the ovules. This cup when 

 bruised has a sweet smell like that of a ripe pear. 



