Piumier, under the name of Nuanpiroga, and figured by 
the latter author, but in so imperfect a manner, that, with the 
incomplete materials of our plant, possessed by Sir James 
Smiru, it is not surprising he should have referred it to 
Fevittza. A much more satisfactory representation of a 
Fruita, and probably too, the very same species as the 
F. cordifolia of Linn. (and Prom. Ic. t. 209.) is given in 
the “« Nouveau Dict. d’Hist. Nat.”; and now, being in pos- 
session of the male, as well as female flowers, and the 
perfect fruit, I have no hesitation in pronouncing it quite 
distinct from Frvitiaa, as well as from every other of the 
family, to which it belongs; and it is no less my own wish, 
than that of Mr. Barciay, that it should bear the name of 
our mutual and excellent friend, through whose means it 
has been introduced to this country, Cuartes Tenrair, Esq. 
of the Mauritius. 
I need only give the generic character of Frurima, as 
laid down in the Nouv. Dict. v. 16. p. 500, to shew how 
the two genera differ. Flowers dicecious: Mate, witha 
campanulate calyx, 5-cleft, monopetalous, rotate, five-lobed 
corolla, closed with a double star, five fertile stamens, and 
as many sterile ones: Frmaxe, Cal. and Cor. as in the 
male. Germen half inferior, surmounted by five styles, 
-andas many stigmas. Fruit, a large, spherical, three-celled, 
many-seeded Berry, envelloped in a hard bark. Both the 
ovules and the seeds are erect, and all the species are natives 
of South America. 
‘The first information I had of this present plant was 
from Mr. Texrair, who sent me, in the latter end of the 
year 1825, asketch of the fruit with the following note. 
“| most earnestly hope, that Bury Hill will have the honour 
of flowering the seed I have sent, of an extraordinary climb- 
ing plant, which is hitherto nameless. It was brought here 
(to the Mauritius) from Pemba, near the shores of Zan- 
zibar, on the eastern coast of Africa, by Mr. Boser, and 
is dicecious. The fruit is three feet long, and eight or ten 
inches in diameter, full of seeds as large as Chesnuts (two 
hundred and sixty-four in one fruit) which are as excellent 
as almonds, and have a very agreeable flavour ; and when 
pressed, they yield an abundance of oil, equal to that of 
the finest Olives. It is a perennial plant, and grows at the 
margins of the forests; enveloping the trees with its 
branches; while its trunk is frequently seen with a cireum- 
ference of eighteen inches. I have distributed the seeds 
over this island and Bourbon, and have sent some to New 
£ Sy Holland 
