late, more or less acute, quite entire, pale beneath, tapering 
gradually at the base into a slender footstalk, which is 
almost two incheslong. Panicles short, terminal, of many 
flowers, and always trichotomously divided, jointed at 
every division. Peduncles terete, green. Calyx of four 
ovate, concave segments, erecto-patent, placed upon the 
top of the germen, and together with it, is first green and 
then red, coriaceous. Petals four, larger than the calyx, 
imbricated into a globe in bud, at length spreading, 
roundish, concave, yellowish-red, very soon caducous. In 
the centre of the calyx, and occupying the top of the germen, 
is a quadrangular elevated line or gland, surrounding, but 
not embracing the base of the shortish, obtusely subulate 
Style. Around this gland, immediately within the petals, 
the Stamens are inserted; but, as their insertion does not 
extend to the angles of the gland, they appear to be collect- 
ed into four bundles, numerous. Filaments much longer 
than the petals, yellow. Anthers ovato-cordate, yellow, 
two-celled. Germen oblong, or almost cylindrical, having, 
in the upper part, two-celled, with many small ovules in- 
each cell, attached to the sides ofthe dissepiment. Ali these 
become abortive ; or one proves fertile, and by its great 
enlargement, destroys the appearance of the rest of the 
lang and of the second cell ; so that the fruit which forms 
a rather large elliptical purple berry is only one-seeded : 
this is of the same ape - the berry; its i rel ent thin, 
and of a soft texture. Embryo likewise elliptical, large, 
greenish, fleshy, dotted. Cotyledons unequal, sinuose ; the 
larger one partly enveloping the smaller, including the 
superior radicle. ” 
Almost every part of the plant is covered with minute 
dots or glands, which contain the essential oil, that gives 
the aromatic odour to it. These abound, particularly in 
the interior of the subtance of the germen, near the epi- 
dermis. 
The Clove was introduced into the Royal Gardens at 
Kew, in 1797, by the Right Honourable Sir Joserpn Banxs. 
Its native country is the Molluccas ; but from its value as 
a spice, its cultivation has extended to the West, as well as 
to the East Indies; and we must endeavour to lay before 
our readers some details respecting a plant, of such import- 
ance, that it was once the staple commodity of some of the 
East India Islands, particularly Amboyna. 
It is not easy to determine when the Clove was first 
known to Europeans. J. Bavuurn tells us, that the —_ 
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