THE CASTANOSPERMUM. 



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pointed fjreen spine at the insertion of each leaf. This 

 was lately discovered at Moreton Bay; tlie flower has 

 not been seen. 



LiSSANTHE SaPIDA. 



The Australian cranberry is a handsome bush, 

 from six to nine feet high ; it grows in forest lands 

 near the Blue Mountains ; the flowers are hand- 

 some ; and the berries of a very delicate peach- 

 bloom colour, having something of the consistency 

 and taste of the Siberian crab. 



Castanospermum Australe. 



Th's siDgular fruit, which may not improperly be 



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