— CATTLEIANUM. - PurPie FRUITED 
. GuAVA. “a 
Class and Order. | 
Icosanpria Monoeynis. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Petala 5. Stamina per totam tubi 
‘calycis parietem inordinatim inserta. Ovar. 3-loculare ; 
loculis placenta septiformi ad marginem fissa, utrinque 
‘Tellexa, “bipartitis ; ovula plurima, horizontalia, margini 
‘placentz inserta. Stigma capitatum. Bacca calyce coro- 
lala, polysperma. Testa ossea. Embryo hippocrepicus : 
Cotyledonibus quam radicula multoties brevioribus. Lixp- 
‘ly. Guaiava. Garr. — 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pstprum cattleianum ; ramis teretibus, foliis obovatis tio- 
latis coriaceis glaberrimis, floribus solitariis. 
Collect. Bot. 16. Bot. Reg. 622. : 
fsiptum cattleianum. Sabine in Trans. Hortic. Soc. 4. 
. _p. S45: & FT 
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eee: 
The specimen of this fine fruit, from which our drawing 
Was aie was sent us by our lamented friend, the late 
Joun Warxer, Esq. It was originally introduced into 
this country from China, about the year 1817, by Mr. 
Rooxgs, of the Ball’s Pond nursery. ‘The fruit is said to 
‘Xceed in flavour that of any of the known species of 
Guava, several of which are cultivated both in the East 
me West Indies, and from oe or more of these the well 
“town Guava jelly is prepared. _ Pec, 
rhe first pose 4 we haneor this handsome tree is from 
Wittiam Carrizy, Esq. in the fourth volume of the Trans- 
Actions of the Horticultural Society. In this gentleman’s 
, conservatory 
