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unite at the top and form a spherical crown, 

 which produces a most delightful effect The 

 leaves are woolly and in the form of an elon- 

 g'ated heart eight or ten inches in length, by three 

 in breadth ; th(' flowers are turned back in the 

 form of a funnel, and are divided into five 

 pointed lobes ; they are white, from eight to tea 

 inches long, and three in breadth The fruit is 

 nearly round, of the size of an orange, and co- 

 vered with a greenish rind, containing a number 

 of oval seeds, but it is never eaten. 



The wild orange tree (citrus Chilensis) is dis- 

 tinguished from the cultivated by its sessile 

 leaves, and its fruit, which is oval and not larger 

 than a filbert, but has the taste of a common 

 orange. This tree frequently grows to a con- 

 siderable height, and the wood is much esteem- 

 ed by turners on account of its beautiful yellow 

 colour. 



The white cinnamon, called by the Chilians 

 hoighe^ and the Spaniards canello, may be found 

 in all ihe thickets of Chili. It is commonly 

 known bv the name of Winter's cinnamon, from 

 its being first introduced into Europe by Captain 

 Winter * The trunk of this tree frequently 



'^ 'Tic lioi;;i:e of Ciiili, or canello of the Spaniards, is not 

 :\!-: .icL- w ;j1!i hniiishes the white cinnamon of merchants, and, 

 i>f course, not the same with that (iescri'jcd hy Linnaeus under 

 Uic iv.vn'i '.' '.YiMtcruiUi cunella. The boighe of Chili is a real 



