Ponica Nana. Dwarr POMEGRANATE ° 
Vogel 8 be eryoalsla Yous ae t beaela, 20 a 
|| SEIS eR ee ON OD 
_ Clafs and Order. 
_Icosanpria MonocyYNia. 
Generic Charader. 
Cal. 5-fidus fuperus. Petala 5. Pomum multiloculare poly- 
fpermum., | 3 ee 
| Specific Charafer and Synonyms. 
PUNICA ana ; follis fineaefbus, caule fruticofo, | Sp. Pl. 5) 
676. Hort. Kew. 2. 160. Willd, Sp. Pl. 2 98t» 
Mart. Mill. Dig. a ee 
_ PUNICA americana nana feu humillima, Touracf. Inf. 636+ 
a ‘ - 
_ The Puntca nana, of which no figure has, to our know- 
ledge, been hitherto given, is a fhrub of humble growth, in — 
other refpe€ts fo clofely allied to Puntea Granatum, that pet 
haps they might be confidered as mere varieties, at leaft it is 
difficult to find diftinguifhing charaéters, the leaves of our plant — 
not being narrower in proportion to the Jength than in the — 
other. Is generally fuppofed to be a native of the Welt- — 
Indies, and Brown, in his Hiftory of Jamaica, mentions 2 
larger and fmaller variety of Punica, ‘cultivated there, but a 
does not fay whether indigenous or not, nor do we find the 
_ other authors who have mentioned it, fufficiently explicit t0 — 
admit of afcertaining its native country. — a ae 
__It is wonderful that fo beautiful a fhrub, cultivated by 
Mitver fo long fince as the year 1731, and eafily propagated 
by layers, fhould not be more common ; certainly there : 
_ few inhabitants of the greenhoufe more ornamental, contit 
full three months in’bloffom, = — i 
