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green as cucumbers are done with us. In this state, they are 
eaten as a sauce to rice and fish ; but though highly esteemed 
by the natives, it is seldom an European can relish their sour 
and bitter flavour. It is usual to tinge them of a reddish 
hue by mixing the blossoms of Ocimum crispum with them, 
when they are preserved. The juice of the green fruit 
affords a refreshing drink in fevers, and is indispensable for 
giving the beautiful pink hue to the Bastard Saffron, pre- 
pared in Japan. 
À note on the Genus of this plant will no doubt be found 
very correct ; * Genere Prunus, Cerasus, Armeniaca, Persica, 
certis terminis circumscribere non licet, nam omnes note quas 
pro separandis generibus a putaminis figura deducere auc- 
tores conati sunt, in speciebus habitu diversissimis mixte 
occurrunt et sine limite confluunt." 
12, 13. Lilium speciosum, Th.— This plant, and several of 
its varieties, is now well known in our gardens. 
14. Lilium cordifolium, Th.; nearly allied to L. giganteum, 
Wall., from Nepal, and with it forming a small section called 
Cardiocrinum by Endlicher. 
15. Citrus Japonica, Th. 
16. Benthamia Japonica, n. sp. 
17. Kadsura Japonica, Dun. 
18. Stachyurus precor, Siebold; a new genus of Pitto- 
sporee. 
19. Corylopsis spicata. 20. C. pauciflora, Siebold. — A 
new genus of Hamamelidee, nearly allied to Hamamelis and 
Parrotia. 
21. Boymia rutecarpa, Adr. de Juss. 
22. Prunus tomentosa, Th. 
23. Styrax Japonicum, n. sp. 
24. Symplocos /ucida, Siebold (Myrtus levis, TA.) 
25. Aralia edulis, Siebold (Aralia cordata, Th.) 
26. Schizophragma hydrangeoides, Sieb.; a new genus of 
Hydrangee, allied to Broussaisia, to which natural family also 
belongs 
. 27. Platycrater arguta, Siebold. 
