This is a native of the West Indies. It 

 was cultivated by the Marchioness of Rock- 

 ingham, in whose garden, at Hilling-don, it 

 flowered in 178/. By Willdenow, and 

 some other authors, it is classed with Axalia, 

 but in the edition <>f Limueus, by Roemer 



Hedera, following Sir James Smith, and 



Its foliage is handsome, and it is very 



necessary for its preservation. 



