equal leaves, deciduous. Petals four, very narrow, long- 

 clawed, limb undulated and convolute towards the bafe, re- 

 gularly patent. Stamens many, longer than calyx, lhoner 

 than petals, attached to the receptacular column near its bafe, 

 incurved. Proper ftyle o. Stigma annular. Germen fup- 

 ported upon a receptacular column, longer than the Itamens, 

 one-celled? containing many feeds Fruit has never yet 

 ripened with us. The flowers are of fhort duration, but come 

 in fucceflion for fome weeks, very fragrant, approaching in 

 fmell to the fruit of the pine-apple (Bromelia ananas). 



Firft difcovered in Africa, by our particular friend, Dr. 

 Adam Afzelius, Botanical Demonftrator to the Univerfity 

 of Upfal, who never met with it but twice, once in the Ifland 

 of Bananas, in April, when it was in full flower, and afterwards 

 at Sierra-Leone, near Free-Town, towards the mountains, 

 in January, when the feeds were ripe. In both places it 

 grew near water on rifing and rocky ground, covering the 

 rocks for a confiderable extent with its widely-fpreading Items 

 and twining branches. He gave the feeds to T. Evans, Efq. 

 Stepney, to whofe liberality every pofTeffor of this valuable 

 acquifition to the ftove is indebted. Is propagated eafily by 

 cuttings, but to thrive well requires more room for its roots 

 than a pot. 



It is at the defire of Dr. Afzelius that we have given it 

 the fpecific name of fragrans, that of capparoides, eq-ially ap- 

 plicable to other fpecies of Cratasva, though haftily given by 

 him to Mr. Evans, as fomething to remember it by, being 

 never intended for publication. 



Our drawing was taken at the garden of Edward Wood* 

 ford, Efc.. at Midfummer iSqu 



