Whether A. spherocephala or A. spadicigera was the 
species cultivated as the Cuckold tree so long ago as 1692, 
in the Royal Gardens of Hampton Court, remains doubtful ; 
as also whether or no it is the ‘‘ Arbor cornigera”’ of Her- 
nandez, *‘ Rerum Med. Nov. Hisp. Thes.,”’ p. 86, published 
in 1651. The former species was certainly known to Breyn 
in 1680, and it may be reasonably surmised that the Hamp- 
ton Court plant was procured from Amsterdam. It has long 
been known in European gardens, and there are specimens 
in the Kew Herbarium from the Montpellier and Liverpool 
Botanical Gardens, collected early in the century ; how long 
it has been at Kew is not known. The A. cornigera of 
Aiton’s “ Hortus Kewensis” is certainly A. spadicigera, 
for the spadix-like inflorescence is described in that work. 
A, sphexrocephala is a native of Mexico and Central 
America, and there are specimens in the Kew Herbarium — 
collected in Texas. 
Descr.—A shrub with the habit and characters of A. 
spadicigera, Cham. & Schlecht. tab. 7395, but with fewer 
leaflets, and with panicled, globose heads of flowers ; the 
fruit is unknown.—J. D. H. 
oe. eta stipules, of the nat. size ; 2, flower; 3, stamens ; 4, pistil:— 
