38 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. canellace^. 



The white barkj the brilliant deep green foliage^ and crimson fruit make the Canella one of the 

 most ornamental of the smaller south Florida trees. It was introduced into England in 1738/ and was 

 first cultivated in Europe by Philip Miller." 



465, t.; Cat. PL Jam. 165; Nat HisL Jam. ii. 87, t. 191, f- 2.— ^ Philip Miller (1691-1771) ; 'aiortulauorum prmceps;" gar- 



Catesby, Nat. HisL Car. ii. 50, t 50. deuer of the Chelsea Physic Garden ; author of the Gardener^s Die- 



Winterania^ Linu^us, Hort Cliff. 488. tionary, of which eight editions were published during his life. 



^ Alton, Hort^ Kew. ii» 125. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE- 



Plate XX. Canella alea. 



1. A flowering branch, natural size. 



2. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



3. Diagram of a flower, 



4. A flowerj enlarged. 



6- Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 



6. A flower, the sepals and petals removed, enlarged. 



7. An ovule, much enlarged, 



8. Vertical section of a fruit, somewhat enlarged. 



9. A seed, enlarged. 



10. Vertical section of a seed, enlarged, 



11. An embryo, much enlarged. 



