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JAMBOSA VULGARIS. Rose APPLE. 
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Class and Order. 
IcosAanpRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Myrraces. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus turbinatus basi attenuatus, fauce ultra ova- 
rium producta dilatata obovata, limbo 4-fido, lobis subro- 
tundis. Petala 4 apici faucis inserta, lata concava obtusa. 
Stamina numerosissima petalis longiora libera stricta. Sty- 
lus filiformis. Stigma simplex acutiusculum. Ovarium 
pluriloculare multiovulatum, Fructus 1—2-spermus ca- 
lyce ampliato et baccato grumoso-carnosus, apice umbilica- 
tus. Semen angulatum, cotyledonibus carnoso-corneis 
crassis marginibus conferruminatis, radicula subcylindrica 
intra cotyledones latente. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
JampBosa* vulgaris; racemis cymosis terminalibus, foltis 
angusto-lanceolatis basi attenuatis apice acuminatis. 
DC. 
Jamposa vulgaris. D C. Prodr. v. 3. p. 286. 
Myrrus Jambos. Kunth.—Spr. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 485. 
Kueentra Jambos. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 672. (excl. syn. 
Rumph.) Mart. Mill. Dict. No. I. Sims Bot. Mag. t. 
1696 (where a flowering specimen is alone represented). 
Matacca-Scuampn. MWRheed. Hort. Mal. v. 1. t. 17. 
JamBoetro. Lusit. 
The Rose-Apple, a native of the East Indies, is one of the 
commonest garden-trees of Madeira: but there is scarcely 
another that combines so eminently the beauties of flower, 
fruit, 
* From the Indian name Jamboo, or Schamber. 
