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points. The upper surface of the leaves is 

 smooth, and of a lucid green ; the under side 

 is of a pale green ; and as they are supported 

 on foot-stalks of four inches long, they hang 

 and move in a very graceful manner. The 

 flowers are produced at the end of the 

 branches ; they are, like the tulip, composed 

 of six petals, three without and three within, 

 which form a sort of bell-shaped flower that 

 encloses the fruit, which is a kind of cone 

 that has a stigma to each globosity. The 

 filaments are numerous, and crowned with 

 linear anthers, growing longitudinally to the 

 sides of the filaments. The petals are of a 

 greenish white, marked near the base with 

 ochre yellow, and spotted with red, that gives 

 them a fine appearance, particularly to look 

 into ; but they fall short of that gay appear- 

 ance which most people expect at first seeing 

 them, from the name being the same as that 

 of the flower so celebrated for its gaudy 

 colours. The flowers appear in July and 

 August, but we know of no instance of their 



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having ripened seed in this country. 



The Hortus Kewensis notices the introduc- 

 tion of this tree into England, as long back 

 as 1663 ; and Ray tells us, that it was culti- 

 vated by Bishop Compton, at Fill ham, in 1668. 

 When first it was raised in this country* it 



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