(so as to require a heavy blow with a hammer to break it) 
and thick substance ; this substance is filled with numerous 
linear transverse cavities. Each Nut has a single cell, in 
which is a glossy and shining, rich brown, solitary seed, 
attached to the truncated portion of the margin, nearly re- 
niform, or of the same shape as the nut, covered with a 
rather thick, smoothish, red-brown membrane or integu- 
ment, within which lies the almond, destitute of albumen. 
This is reniform, or subcylindrical, curved so as to be 
kidney-shaped, and is believed to constitute the radicle, 
subacute at one end, at the other having a curved atten- 
uated process, terminated by two small ovate cotyledons. 
The whole of this mass is greyish brown externally, within 
almost of a pure ivory white, the substance soft and fleshy, 
somewhat oily (whence the fruit is known by the name of 
Butter Nut), and of a very agreeable flavour. 
If we sometimes depart from the rule, to which the for- 
mer editors of the Botanical Magazine appear rigidly to 
have adhered, that no plant should be admitted into its 
pages, except it has been cultivated and brought to blos- 
som in our gardens ; it will only be in the rare imstances, 
where, if the plant has been introduced, we have little hope 
of seeing it produce flowers in this country ; or where the 
individual is not yet known to our collections, but is most 
worthy of being cultivated, either from its beauty, or from 
some useful property residing in it: in both these cases, 
none will be given but such delineations and descriptions 
as are taken from living plants, on the fidelity of which we 
can, with certainty, rely. é 
Already we have at our command an inestimable set of 
drawings of West Indian Plants, principally of such as are 
useful, from yielding articles of food or medicine, or which 
afford materials connected with commerce ; these are exe- 
cuted by the Rev. Lanspown Guinpine of the island of 
St. Vincent, with the greatest attention to accuracy : and 
we have another collection, from General Harpwicke, of 
designs, made under his directions, in the East Indies. 
The subjects of the annexed plates are taken from the 
drawings of our excellent friend, Mr. Guizp1ne, which were 
accompanied by specimens, both dried and in spirits, and 
by ample notes. These, we trust, have enabled us to com- 
pile a very satisfactory account of a plant, of which, aap a 
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