genus Carpodinus, described in Mr. George Don’s account of the Edible Fruits of Sierra Leone, 
in the Horticultural Society's Transactions, Vol. V. p. 455, and generically described in the 
Gardener’s Dictionary of the same author, is widely different in the structure of the flower from 
the cream fruit, of which there exist two authentic specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, 
one collected in Sierra Leone, by Professor Afzelius himself, the other by Mr. Whitfield. 
This remarkable Shrub has lately blossomed for the first time in England, and a full 
account of it is contained in the Botanical Magazine for September 1849, tab. 4466, as well as in 
Mr. Bentham’s description of the Plants of the Niger Expedition, now in the press. Sir William 
Hooker having liberally placed at our disposal the original drawing prepared for the Magazine, 
together with a fresh branch, with leaves, from Her Majesty’s garden at Kew where it thrives 
luxuriantly, a representation of the plant has been made which forms an appropriate conclusion 
to this work from its beauty and fragrance, its use and the generic name it bears. 
