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cup were placed on the margin of the recep- 

 tacle. The petals were white, five in number, 

 ovate, erect, patent, and almost equal, as long 

 as the cup; the stamina were ten, subulated, 

 erect, patent filaments, one fourth longer 

 than the petals; the germen was placed on a 

 receptacle, arising out of a hole in the centre 

 of the receptacle, compressed and small ; the 

 style subulate, and somewhat longer than the 

 stamens; the stigma coronated; the anthers 

 were large, oblong, and the flower has nothing 

 of a pyramid in it's form. There was great 

 difficulty in getting a complete flower, for the 

 leaves of the cup dropped off with the least 

 motion. The petals were considerably per- 

 manent, but the stamens more so. Linnaeus 

 has described the blossoms erroneously/' This 

 tree was first cultivated in England, in the 

 year 1688. (Hortus Kewensis.) 



