the centre of the General Arrangement, was planted in 1781, 

 and is now 50 feet high. 



No. X. 



NOTICES by Mr David Don, of rare Plants in the Jar- 

 din du Roi,from memoranda taken in August 1821. 



They were at this time building a new serre-chaude to re- 

 ceive a recent cargo of live plants from Cayenne, containing, 

 among many new, several of Aublefs plants. The following 

 were some of the most interesting. Areca sp. nova. Panax 

 quinquefolia. Guettarda, an racemosa ? Bignonia forsan in- 

 carnata Aubl. Clusia sp. nov. Sagus Monphia. Eugenia sp. 

 nov. Annona muricata. Carissa guyanensis. Caladium sp. 

 nov. foliis amplis peltatis, caule arboreo. Coccos sp. nov. 

 Mimosa sp. nov. Cratseva sp. nov. Melastomse plures. A var. 

 of Morus alba, cultivated by the Chinese ; leaves of delicate 

 structure, and of a fine light green. Myristica sebifera 

 Szoariz P?~od. quae Virola sebifera Aubl. Guyan. Myristica 

 aromatica Lam. two fine plants 2£ feet high. Artocarpus nu- 

 cifera, fine. Artocarpus integriiblia, and incisa, from 12 to 14 

 fine healthy trees, 3 to 4 feet high. Piper Betel. Besides a 

 great many undetermined and possibly new plants, especially 

 Palms to the amount of fifteen. They were in good order, 

 a gardener having constantly attended to them during their 

 voyage of eight months. 



Among the old collection of Stove Plants, we saw two very 

 fine specimens of Barringtonia speciosa. Morus sp. nov., foliis 

 palmatis 3-4-lobis, ex China. Caryophyllus aromaticus, 8 feet 

 high, the finest I have ever seen in cultivation. Myristica 

 sebifera, 6 feet high. Areca oleracea. Laurus cinnamomum, 

 two trees 8 feet high ; and Piper odoratissimum, foliis octonis 

 clliptico-oblongisobtusiscarnosis, quando contritis odorem fra- 

 grantissimum spirantibus. 



On the bank allotted to Alpine Plants, and in the compart- 

 ment where new species are first cultivated, the following ap- 

 peared. 

 Hypericum perforato affine, foliis late linearibus obtusis, pe- 



talis ovali-oblongis : lateribus inacqualibus ; altero obliquo 



crenato. 



