Requires the protection of the greenhouse, and as. the 
flowers are produced in May, June, and July, and the fruit. 
does not ripen till the following spring, it.is, perhaps, neces- 
sary to keep it in a temperature raised by artificial heat, 
through the winter, to bring its berries to maturity. 
Propagated by cuttings. Communicated by Messrs. Wurr- 
Ley, Brame, and Ming, from their very extensive collection 
at Fulham, with ripe fruit in March 1815, and in flower in 
August 1816. 
Fig. 1. Represents a perpendicular section of the berry. 
Fig. 2. A front view of the crown of the fruit, shewing the persistent 
calyx and stamens. 
Fig. 3. Sstamens separated from the ripe fruit. 
Fig. 4. A portion of the panicle of flowers. 
