Dr. Wallich remarks, in a communication with which 

 he has favoured us, and from which the above description 

 is extracted, that " This stately and ornamental species 

 grows wild in the valley of Nipal, and among the surround- 

 ing mountains. It is also found in the province of Kamoon. 

 It was introduced into the Calcutta Garden in 1817, by 

 the Honourable Edward Gardner, resident at the Court 

 of Katmandoo. It is in blossom and ripens its fruit 

 almost all the year round." 



Our drawing was made in August last, from a plant in 

 the Garden of the Horticultural Society, to which establish- 

 ment it had been presented by the Honourable Court of 

 Directors of the East India Company. 



It appears, from an Indian drawing made under Dr. 

 Wallich's direction, that in its native country it becomes a 

 much larger plant than that from which the accompanying 

 figure was taken, with a wide branching panicle, and broad 

 furfuraceous or pruinose truncate bracteee. 



J. L. 



