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ercd ; leaves elliptic-oblong, bluiitisli, rounded at the base, or nearly 

 cordate, glabrous ; flowers rose- colored or wliitisli ; leaves acutisb, 

 greyish-green beneath, perhaps sufficiently distinct from the follow- 

 ing. It is a native of Java. 



Jumbosa vcnosa. Veiny-leaved Rose Apple. This tree is about 

 twenty feet higl) ; racemes simple, terminal, or sub-corymbose, few- 

 flowered ; leaves elliptic, coriaceous, opaque, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces, and reticulately veined ; branches angular ; leaves on siiort 

 petioles, about four inches long, and two to two a and half broad; fruit 

 is said to be one seeded. There are several varieties diflerinij in the 

 size and color of the fruit. It is not so much esteemed as the Malay- 

 apple ; it is, however, nevertheless excellent, resembling in appear- 

 ance and flavor a Brussels apricot. To grow the fruit in this coun- 

 try it requires a hot and moist atmosphere. Native of Madagascar. 



Jumbosa mocrophylla. Long-leaved Rose Apple. This tree rises 

 from twenty to thirty feet high ; the cymes lateral fascicled ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the base, acuminated at the apex ; 

 one foot or more long and five broad ; peduncles five-flowered, and 

 about tnree inches long; flowers white. It is a native of the East 

 Indies. 



Jamhosa purpurascens. Purple-flowered Rose Apple. This tree, 

 also, rises from twenty to thirty feet high ; cymes lateral, in fascicles ; 

 leaves elliptic, hardy, acute at the base and apex; flowers purple. 

 This is a native of the Island of Trinidad, where it is probably culti- 

 vated as the other species. 



Jambosc malaccensis. Malay Apple. This tree varies much in 

 its height, being from twenty to forty feet; cymes lateral short; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, about a foot long, 

 and shining ; fruit pear-shaped ; flowers white. This tree resem- 

 bles the jamsorade, but has broader leaves. The fruit is ovate, an 

 inch and a half in diameter, fleshy, and sweet-scented like the rose, 

 agreeable to the taste, smell, and sight, and esteemed wholesome It 



