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a. I'. W. Collection. Plate CXVIII 



Ochrosia elliptica. 



This plant grows in the Pacific Islands, Rlalaj' Peninsula, Cey- 

 lon, and Australia; and on account of its handsome scarlet fruit 

 is cultivated as an ornament, as the fruit is not edible. The tree 

 is a small evergreen, having alternate, glabrous, coriaceous leaves 

 which are crowded at the ends of the stout branches. The small, 

 white flowers have five petals. The fruit consists usually of two, 

 rarely one, spreading scarlet drupes, each containing a large 

 seed. The first specimen of its kind in Hawaii was planted at the 

 Government Nursery, Honolulu, where is is still growing. 



