PLATE CCLXXXIV. 



CHIOCOCCA RACEMOSA. 



Oppofite-leaved Snowberry- tree. 



CLASS V. ORDER L 

 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. 



One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calvx. Periantliium quinquedentatum, fupe- 



rum, perfiftens. 

 Corolla monopetala, infundibulifoimis; tubus 



longuSj patens; limbus quinquepartitus; 



laciniis aequalibus, acutis, reflex is. 

 Stamina. Filamenta quinque, filiformia, lon- 



gitudine coiollse. Antheraeoblongae,ereftae. 

 PiSTiLLUM. Germen inferura, fubrotundum, 



compreffum. Stylus fillformis, longitudine 



flaminum. Stigma fimplex, obtulum. 

 Pericarpium. Bacca fubrotunda, compreffa, 



coronata calyce, bilocularis. 



Semina duo, lubrotunda, compiefla, diflantia. 



Empalement. Cup five-toothed, above aud 

 remaining. 



Blossom one petal, funnel-fliaped; tube long, 

 fpreading; border five divided; fegments 

 equal, pointed and reflexed. 



Chives. Five threads, hair-like, the length of 

 the bloffom. Tips oblong, upright. 



Pointal. Seed bud beneath, roundifli, flat- 

 tened. Shaft thread-fliaped, the length of 

 the chives. Summit fimple, blunt. 



Seed-vessel. A roundKh berry, flattened, 

 crowned with the permanent cup, two- 

 celled. 



Seeds two, roundifli, flattened, and at a dif- 

 tance from each other. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 Chiococca foliis oppofitis, ovatis, acuminatis; 

 ramis horizontalibus; floribus raceraofis, 

 penduUs. 



Snowberry-tree with oppofite leaves, egg-fliaped, 

 tapered ; branches gro\\' horizontal ; flowers 

 grow in bunches hanging down. 



BEFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement, natural fize. 



2. The fame, magnified. 



3. A Flower. 



4. The Chives and Pointal, natural fize. 



5. The fame magnified. 



The Snowberi-y-tree is a native of Jamaica, and fome of the other Weft India iflands; requiring the 

 temperature of the hothoufe to preferve it; growing to the height of four or five feet; but the Hem 

 being too weak to fupport itfelf, mufi: be aflilled. It is propagated by cuttings, and delights in a 

 rich foil. We are informed in Miller's Dictionary, treating of this plant, that it was introduced lo 

 us, in the year 1/29, by Mr. Warner, of London; and that it was cultivated, in the garden oi Mr. 

 Sherard, at Eltham, about that time. The root of this plant is uled medicinally, and has a very 

 bitter, acrid tafte. It is a very free blowing plant, flowering the firft year from the cuttings; but 

 but never produces its fine white berries in this country, which conftitute its greatert beauty, and 

 whence its generic title. Our figure was made from a plant in the Hammerfraith Colledion. Flowers 

 in September. 



