above-named pair of noble brothers. Such allufions ferve at 
leaft to rivet the name in the memory. 
.. This fpecies and divaricata are both monandrous, or have in 
general only one fertile ftamen, which is diftinét, and much 
ftouter and longer than the other nine conneéted filaments 
without anthers, or with only imperfe& ones. It happens, how- 
ever, that now and then one or another filament grows longer 
than the reft, and has a {mall polliniferous anther. 
Native of the Weft-Indies. The leaves appear to vary con- 
fiderably. One fpecimen in the Bankfian Herbarium, from the 
Ifland of St. Kitts, has leaves with obtufe lobes exatily re- 
fembling thofe of our plant, others are {harper and more 
_ lengthened at the point. 
Communicated by our friend Joun Wanker, Efq. of 
Arno’s-Grove, in O€tober laft. 
Varies, according to Sir Hans SLoan E, with red and with 
variegated. flowers, The wood is very hard and veined with 
black, hence the name of Ebony. 3 
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