have not heard of this fhrub having bloflbmed in this country 

 before the prefent year. M. Labillardiere defcribes the 

 flower as having three rays, in our cultivated fpecimens there 

 were almoft conftantly five. 



Native of Van Diemen's Ifland, where it grows to a fmall 

 tree, the wood of which, as we are informed by Mr. Brown, 

 is remarkably hard. Should be kept in the greenhoufe. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttings. Introduced, according to Mr. Aiton, 

 in 1804, by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy. 



