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anthers throughout the greater part of its length. The fruit is 

 five-celled, ^Yith numerous seeds. Hibiscus abelmoschus is a shrub 

 of 6 to 8 feet in height. N'ative of the East Indies and South 

 America. Its leaves are somewhat peltate, cordate, 5 to 7-angled, 

 acuminated, serrated ; stem liispid ; pedicels usually longer than 

 the petioles ; involucel 8 to 9-leaved. Flowers sulphur-coloured, 

 with a dark blue centre. Capsules conicle, covered with bristles. 

 The seeds are large and have a very musky odour.* The seeds 

 yield on distillation 0-1 to 0-25 per cent, of essential oil, which 

 congeals at -f 10'' C. Its sp. gr. at 25^ C. is 0*900 to 0*905 

 (Schimmelj. 



Vol. L, p. 19. 



EitryUa argophylla. The Silver- leaved Musk Tree. 



The genus Euryhia are trees or shrubs of the Composite family, 

 confined to Australia, Tasmania and Xew Zealand, and numberinsf 

 upwards of sixty species. In many respects it is allied to AsUr, 

 of the Xorthern hemisphere, but the fiower-heads do not contain 

 nearly so many florets. E. argophylla is a native of Tasmania, 

 attaining a height of 20 to 25 feet, with a girth of 3 feet. In 

 England it is often seen in greenhouses as a shrub, being cultivated 

 for the musky odour of its leaves. 



Vol. I., r. 19. 



Giiarea grancUflora. Musk-WOOd, called also "Alligator 

 wood," and by the French, in French Guiana, " Bois-rouge." The 

 genus Guarca belongs to the K'atural Order Melliacecc. The 

 flowers of this genus are in axillary clusters, with the stamens 

 united in a cylindrical or somewhat prismatic tube, the free 

 margin of which is entire or slightly waved, the anthers being 

 enclosed within it. The ovary is 4-celled, placed on a stalk-like 

 disc, and the capsule is 4-valved, with 4 or 8 seeds. The specific 

 characters of G. grandiflora are : leaves large, leaflets many, in 

 pairs, 8 to 9 inches long, ovate-oblong, feather-nerved, very 



* Cav. Diss., iii., t. 62, f. 2. Kumpli. Amb., iv., p. 38, t. 15. Rheede 

 Mai., ii., p. 71, t. o8. 



