are the sheathing stipules inveloping a bud (a), which terminates a 
short branchlet. hp renchiets at fet green, and looking like petioles to 
the leaves. Branches formed from a succession of these branchlets, 
brown, cylindrical, scarred alternately from the fallen leaves, and bearing 
a bud a immediately over each scar. Raceme terminal, (imperfectly 
in the specimen). Pedicels single, longer than the flower or 
fruit, with a minute scale and sheath at their base. Flowers (tmper- 
fectly expanded), Perianth small, of five, fleshy segments, united for 
more than two-thirds of their length, investing the germen, spherical. 
Stamens — (imperfectly developed ), originating from a white mem- 
brane, which coats the inner s of the perianth, and becomes free 
just beneath its divisions, Germen more than half-inferior, (according 
to common notions, but strictly speaking superior,) ovate, subtrigonous. 
Styles three, exserted. Stigmas dilated, flat, truncate, jagged. The im- 
mature and unfertilized berry, consists of the fleshy perianth investing & 
nut composed internally of cullular substance with traces of three imper- 
fect dissepiments. The ovule is in the middle of its substance, towards 
the upper part, attached to a long, straight, umbilical chord, and having 
the foramen a little oblique at the summit. 
This tree is a native of the West Indies, and is said by Jacqurn tobe 
Very common in the mountain forests of Martinique. The wood is 
heavy, red, and almost incorruptible. When used for posts, the 
ow the ground becomes as as stone. The fruit is said to 
: It had not flowered before in England, though introduced, 
mnce 1590, with the C. uvifera. 
from an old plant in the Botanic Garden. This produced a single raceme, 
for the first time, in the beginning of February, 1832; but owing to the bad 
condition of the hothouse, which seldom allows of its retaining a tempera- 
ture of more than a few above 60°, none of the flowers appear 
have expanded properly. There was, however, sufficient for him to ascer 
tain some of the peculiarities in the inflorescence of this species, and to 
enable him to correct an error in our account of the fructification of C. wr'- 
fera (Tab. 3130), In the description and sections of that plant, the real 
nut has been overlooked. This is described by Gentwer, to be of the 
consistency of paper, and to become inti united with the fleshy 
of the berry, formed of the ripened Taienth In our plate, the secd 
figured and described as the nut. The real character, however, 
of the fruit of this Genus may be more readily seen in another specie% 
C. punetaia, where the nut is hard and bony, and we have added to ouf 
bridge c ~t sections from an unripe berry, grown in the Cas 
nist 
—— 
- Germen. 3. Three of the Stamens (imperfect) * 
pe e which lines the Perianth. 4. ‘The unripe Periast® 
Me vertically, showing the young Nut within, (c) where the Stamens sft 
= orate Vertical Section of the young Nut, showing the unimpregnated 
oe. Transverse Section of the unripe Berry. All magnified. 
nranctata. Fig. 7. Vertical Section of the unripe Perianth, showing 
nd ope bony Nut, at (d) are the remains of the Stamens. 8. V ertical 
Section — the Nut, with an eight-lobed Seed in the lower part. - 
pees Fi groban corresponding to the Channels on the Surface of 
* 7 i. av 
(rected pe eer of the Seed, detached from 
