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CHRYSOPHYLLUM IMPERIALE. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. Saroracez. 
Genus CarysopHyLiuM, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol.ii. p. 653.) 
CHRYSOPHYLLUM imperiale; ramulis arbustis, foliis magnis petiolitis obovato- 
oblongis v. oblongo-oblanceolatis acutis obtusisve grosse serratis subtus sparse 
stellato-tomentellis demum glabris, petiolo valido teretiusculo, floribus secus 
ramos fasciculatis pedicellatis subsericeo-pubescentibus flavo-virescentibus, 
sepalis ovato-rotundatis obtusis, corolla subrotata 5-loba crassa glaberrima, 
lobis late ovato-rotundatis obtusis concavis, antheris cordato-ovatis extus dehis- 
centibus, ovario late ovoideo piloso in stylum brevissimum crassum angustato, 
stigmate simplici, fructu subgloboso v. oblique ovoideo apice mammillari, 
seminibus compressis margine dorsali acuto, ventrali latiore hilo angusto lineari 
notato. 
CHRYSOPHYLLUM imperiale, Benth. in Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 653. 
THRopHRASTA ? imperialis, Hort. ; André in I Iilustrat. Horticole, vol. xxi. 1874, 
p- 77 and 152, t. 184; Regel, Gartenfl. 1864, p, 323, t. 443. 
CURATELLA speciosa, Dene, mss. 
This noble plant was an inmate of both British and 
Continental botanical gardens for thirty years before its 
genus was determined, during which period the attention of 
both botanists and horticulturists was directed to ascer- 
taining its native country and affinities. According to a 
careful history of it drawn up by M. André (L’Ilust. Hortic. 
lvc.), the first living specimen known in Europe belonged 
to Madame Legrelle-d’ Hanis, at Berchem, where M. Linden 
saw it in 1846 with the name Throphrasta imperialis. In 
1849 M. Libon sent living plants to M. de Jonghe at 
Brussels, and later on M. Linden received several hundred 
specimens from his collector, M. Marius Porte ; after which 
the plant became common in Europe. M. Linden’s 
importation was of seedlings, and amongst these were 
ungerminated seeds which enabled that gentleman to refer 
the plant to the Sapotacee. For a knowledge of its native 
country we are indebted to M. Houillet, of the Jardin de 
Plantes, to which establishment M. Porte sent plants, with 
JULY Ist. 1885. 
