under the mistaken name of Dillenia speciosa, which is a 

 lofty tree, native of the East Indies. In De Candolle's 

 excellent natural system of the vegetable kingdom nine- 

 teen species are recorded ; all of them natives of New 

 Holland, and most of them first discovered by that eminent 

 Botanist and traveller Robert Brown, Esq. the worthy 

 possessor of the Banksian library, herbarium and museum, 

 to whose learning, talents for observation and experimental 

 knowledge of the vegetable creation, the eyes of botanical 

 Europe are directed. 



Communicated by Messrs. Loddiges and Sons. Flowers 

 in the spring and most part of the summer. Propagated 

 easily by cuttings and sometimes produces ripe seeds. 

 Loves a soil composed of peat and loam. 



