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ovate, by abortion one-seeded, at first green, at length brownish-purple, 

 berry nearly of the figure and size of a muscle plum. The leaves are 

 elliptical-ovate, about the size of those of the apple tree, penninerved, 

 dark green above, and of a silvery grey beneath, and on petioles about 

 an inch long. The cultivation of this plant, which is considered to be 

 a small tree, is, as its fruit is esculent, too much neglected in our colo- 

 nies. J v chras dissecta of Forster is presumed to be identical with Mimii- 

 sops dissecta of Brown; and from ^ N chras dissecta an unctuous fluid is said 

 to exude : the fruit is of an agreeable acid, and, on account of it, the plant 

 is extensively cultivated in China, Manilla, and Malabar. The leaves, 

 pounded, and mixed with the roots of Curcuma (turmeric), and with ginger, 

 are used as poultices for tumours. (Bot. Mag., May ) 

 CLXX. Ericea;. § Veres. 



1173. ERPCA. 

 j iii. undulata B. C. wavci-tubed *i i_J or 1? jn. Ro. C.G.H. 1827? C s.p Bot. cab. 1792 



" This was raised, a few years since, by Mr. Rollison : it grows low and 

 bushy. The waving outline of the flower gives it the appearance rather 

 of something blighted or imperfect ; but this seems constantly to prevail," 

 and the specific name undulata is expressive of this waved formation. 

 (Bot. Cab., April.) 



JLricecE. § Rhodoracece. — The hybrid Azaleas at Highctere. Of these we 

 have made mention (Vol. VII. p. 62. 135. and 471.). Mi". Sweet, in his 

 British Flower-Garden for April, t. 137., figures four of these, and includes 

 them all under one specific epithet, namely, ornatum ; and, as Mr. Sweet 

 deems the genus Azalea not botanically distinguishable from the genus 

 .Khododendron, they are called Rhododendron ornatum. The main sub- 

 ject of the plate is R. ornatum 1 speciosum ; and to this are added a flower 

 of R. ornatum 2 incarnatum, one of R. ornatum 3 luteum, and one of R. 

 ornatum 4 roseum. Each kind is very handsome, and therefore desirable, 

 especially the showy variety R. ornatum speciosum. The corymbs of this 

 are many-flowered, and the corollas are mainly of a deep orange red colour. 

 The colour of the other varieties is indicated in. the names applied to them. 

 The specimens of all these kinds were sent to Mr. Sweet in the latter end 

 of May, 1830. The following is the history of them, supplied by J. R. 

 Gowen, Esq., to Mr. Sweet : — " The seeds were raised by Lord Caernar- 

 von's gardener, from Azalea viscosa var. rubescens, fertilised by A. pontica, 

 under Mr. Gowen's own inspection. The gardener is very clever at raising 

 these seedlings ; but they have always been under Mr. Gowen's observation 

 till the present time. There are also many of the same age from A. coc- 

 cinea by the same male parent [A. pontica] ; and it is difficult to say which 

 sport the most, and produce the most brilliant colours. I am inclined to 

 think that A. calendulacea would be a better plant to supply pollen than 

 A. pontica, being a later flowerer, more disposed to sport, and more ele- 

 gant in its habit ; but its progeny would not possess that delightful fra- 

 grance which belongs to the crop from A. pontica, and which is very fine in 

 some of the varieties which are now [latter end of May, 1830] flowering 

 here. 



" I should observe, that when the foliage of the seedling follows closely 

 that of the male parent, A. pontica, the flowers also approximate to the 

 male type; on the other hand, when the foliage follows the female, so do 

 the flowers. I think there is about an equal proportion preserved in the 

 seedlings." (Flower-Garden, April.) 



CLXXI. Epacridc<s. Lissanthe sapida is figured in the Bot. Mag. for 

 April, t. 3147. It has racemes of pendulous greenish white tubular corol- 

 las, which are succeeded by red globose drupes as large as a black currant, 

 and which have something of the consistency and taste of the Siberian crab. 



CLXXXVI. Comjwsitce. ^4'ster coridifolius, Coris-leaved starwort, is 

 figured in the Bot. Reg. for April, 1. 1487 ; where Professor Lin dley stales, 



