northern limit of the tropic. Catesby found it in Carolina; 

 and the plant from which this drawing was made was 

 raised from seeds sent to the Horticultural Society by 

 R. Hesketh, Esq., his Majesty's Consul -General at 

 Maranhao. 



Flowers in the stove in August. Its blossoms are 

 singular, but not fragrant ; the fruit does not seem to be 

 of any value; the foliage is particularly handsome. 



The pollen was observed to collect in two rows in each 

 cell of the anther, and so to fall out, as is represented in 

 the small figures at the bottom of the accompanying plate ; 

 an unusual economy of the granules, the cause of which, as 

 connected with the general structure of the sexual ap- 

 paratus, it is difficult to comprehend. 



J. L. 



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