suberosa, minima, and both varieties of ‘angustifolia are too 
nearly akin to be considered as distinct species ; for although 
_ both flowers and fruit in swberosa are much larger, yet they © 
‘are otherwise very similar, The fruit in all is spotted while . 
-green, and deep violet coloured when ripe. The difference 
- In the form of the foliage, though very remarkable at the 
extremes, yet approximates by intermediate varieties. 
_ Native of the West-Indies. -Cultivated in the stove ; where 
it flowers most part of the summer, and ripens its fruit freely, 
in which its beauty chiefly consists. Introduced about the 
year 1773. 2 | 
Communicated by the Comtesse De Vanpes, from her 
magnificent-collection of curious exotics at Bayes-Water. 
