18 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
CELASTRACE. 
does: it was discovered in Jamaica by Sloane,’ and living plants were carried to England in 1793? by 
Admiral Bligh.’ 
1 Buzxi folio majore acuminato arbor baccifera, fructu minore, croceo, 
dipyreno, Cat. Pl. Jam. 171; Nat. Hist. Jam. ii. 102, t.°209, f. 
1. — Ray, Hist. Pl. Dendr. iii. 65. 
2 Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 371. 
3 William Bligh (1754-1817) ; a distinguished British naval offi- 
cer who early in life accompanied Cook in his second voyage round 
the world as sailing-master of the Resolution. He is best known, 
perhaps, from his connection with the unfortunate voyage of the 
Bounty, a vessel sent in 1788 to the South Seas under his command 
to introduce the Bread-fruit tree into the West Indies. The story 
of the mutiny of the crew is familiar. Captain Bligh and a few 
companions were set adrift on the Pacific Ocean in an open boat in 
It was first noticed in Florida by Dr. John L. Blodgett. 
which, after a voyage of three months, they succeeded in reaching 
the coast of Java, and procuring a small vessel returned to Eng- 
land. Bligh was sent in command of the Providence in 1791 to 
make another effort to introduce the Bread-fruit into the West 
Indies. In this he was successful, and it was on the return from 
this voyage that he brought Schefferia to England. In 1801 he 
was elected a member of the Royal Society, principally on account 
of his services to botany. He was governor of New South Wales 
from 1805 to 1808, and was promoted to vice-admiral in 1814. 
The genus Blighia, established by Koenig for a plant of tropical 
Africa, now sometimes referred to Cupania, was dedicated to him. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Pruate LY. 
SCHAFFERIA FRUTESCENS. 
1. A flowering branch of the staminate plant, natural size. 
oON DOP | dD 
bab ed 
—— 
. A fruit, enlarged. 
bd ed he 
m oc bd 
. A flowering branch of the pistillate plant, natural size. 
. Diagram of a staminate flower. 
. Diagram of a pistillate flower. 
. A staminate flower, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a staminate flower, enlarged. 
. A pistillate flower, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a pistillate flower, enlarged. 
. An ovule, much magnified. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. Cross section of a fruit, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 
. An embryo, much magnified. 
