No. 18. 
LIMONIA TRIFOLIATA. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This plant is much cultivated in the 
warmer parts of China and Cochin China, 
of which it is probably a native. The flowers 
are produced at different seasons; they are 
very fragrant, and sometimes are succeeded 
in this country by the Trus which is about 
the size of a small nut, : and of an un- 
pleasant terebinthinaceous taste. It was in- 
troduced, in 1787, by the Right Honourable 
Sir Joseph Banks, and requires the heat of 
the stove. Itis a very pretty little shrub; 
the fine rich green of the foliage, intermixed 
with the white flowers, render it extremely 
desirable. It may be propagated by cuttings, 
and thrives in a soil composed of loam and 
peat. 
