inch long, obtuse at the point, and at the base, where there 
is sometimes a shallow sinus; from the midrib there branch 
off several parallel nerves: when young, they are covered, 
but ecially on the underside, with a ferruginous down; 
the older ones are glabrous, except on the nerves beneath. 
Peduncles in pairs, from the axils of the leaves, short, 
thickened upwards. Receptacle scarcely so large as a 
Hazel-nut, greenish brown, globose, with an obtuse umbo 
at the point, the surface granulated with small tubercles. 
This includes many male and female flowers, each petio- 
lated, and having two, small, lanceolate scales at its base. — 
Perianth of each three-parted, the segments roundish oval, 
concave. Stamen single: Filament short; Anther reniform. 
Pistil solitary. Germen oval, pedicellate ; Style lateral, 
filiform. 7 
Introduced by the Right Hon. Sir Josepa Banks, in- 
1789, from New South Wales to the Royal Gardens, whence 
it has been distributed, and is, we believe, now general in 
collections of stove plants. Its fructification is, however, 
of rare occurrence. The specimen from which the accom- 
panying figure was taken was sent by the Messrs. SHEPHERD, 
rom the Liverpool Garden, in the summer of 1827. 
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Fig. 1. Male Flower, 2, Female ditto. 3, | a 
All magnified. 3. Receptacle of the Flowe 
