It is cultivated in the Weft-Indies for the fake of its acid 

 pulpy fruit, in fize and fhape fomewhat refembling our cherries. 

 According to Jacquin, thefe are feldom eaten raw, but are 

 generally made into a preferve with fugar. He remarks how- 

 ever that he and his two companions, when overcome with 

 thirft in a long journey, ate them from the tree in very large 

 quantities without fuffering any inconvenience in confequence. 

 It fometimes bears fruit in this country, but fmall and very 

 thin of pulp. 



Requires to be preferved in the ftove through the winter, 

 but in the middle of fummer is the better for being expofed 

 to the open air. Flowers in the winter and alfo in June and 

 July, at which time we received the plant from which our 

 drawing was taken from Mr. Loddiges, and obferved the 

 flowers, during the day, to be fweet-fcented not unlike thofe of 

 jafmine. 



Introduced by Miller in 1757, who received the feeds from 

 the King of France's gardener at Trianon, Monf. Richard, 



ERRATUM. 



f, 8og» lift. 6. fn petiolis lege foliolis. 



