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minutely pellucido-punctate, dark and glossy above, paler be- 
neath. From the apex of the branches arise clusters of gemmee, 
which develope into branches leafy at the extremity, the rest of 
the branch furnished with opposite, oblong, membranaceous, 
concave scales: from one or two of the uppermost pairs of these 
scales the peduncles appear, an inch and a half or two inches 
long, single-flowered. Calya with the tube oval-globose, having 
a few opposite hairs at the base: /imd of four large, spreading, 
obtuse, ciliated segments. Peta/s white, longer than the sepals, 
obovate. Stamens numerous. Style as long as the stamens. 
Fruit, according to St. Hilaire, as large as a cherry, white or 
red, or black violet-coloured, esculent. W. J. H. 
Curr. This species is an old inhabitant of the Royal Gardens. 
Having been kept for many years in a small pot it never pro- 
duced flowers ; but on being removed into the Palm-house, and 
shifted into a large pot, it grew vigorously, and in the spring of 
this year produced a profusion of flowers. It is now a handsome 
_ Laurel-hike bush, six feet high. Light loam, mixed with a 
small quantity of leaf-mould, suits it ; and, as it is what may be 
termed a thirsty plant, it requires to be well supplied with water 
during the spring and summer months. It increases by cuttings 
; placed under a bell-glass, and plunged in bottom-heat. J. S. 
Fig. 1. Calyx and ovary :—magnified. 
