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No. 1004. 
CAROLINEA INSIGNIS, 
Class. Order. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
We received this superb plant many years 
since from our very worthy friend the late 
Dr. Anderson of St. Vincent, who procured 
it from Tobago. It is also found in Mar- 
tinique, in Trinidad, at Vera Cruz, and in 
illes, if it be | И 
г was about а foot i in 1 diameter, 
and of extraordinary beauty, as well as 
most powerful and delicious odour. The 
filaments are united, forming a tube about 
half their length ; they then divide into ten 
fascicles, from which they subdivide in 
smaller portions; the whole number must 
considerably exceed a thousand. 
Swartz describes the fruit as being as. 
large аз a child's head, and the seeds of the + 
size, appearance, and taste of chesnuts. 
It requires the stove heat, may be in- 
creased by layers and cuttings, and should 
_ be planted in rich loam and peat. 
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