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lowish green, and entirely free from mealiness ; its 

 growth is also very peculiar, the centre leaves embrace 

 each other very closely, and require considerable force 

 to separate them. Flowers, purple. Fruit, cylindri- 

 cal, inclining to ovate, of a bright olive colour be- 

 fore ripening, bright orange when ripe. Flesh, yel- 

 low, opaque, firm, and free from fibre, sweet and 

 pleasant, with very little acid. Crown large. This 

 pine, according to Martin, in his edition of " Miller's 

 Dictionary, 55 was raised from seeds taken out of a 

 rotten fruit which came from the West Indies, to 

 Henry Heathcote, Esq. 

 King, see Havannah. 



Knight's Seedling, see Downton Havannah. 



Lahete, see Havannah. 



Malabarica, see Montserrat. 



Mocho, see Brown-leaved Sugarloaf. 



Montserrat (Copper, Cape Coast, Bogwarp, Red 

 Ripley, New Ripley, Copper-coloured Antigua, Co- 

 chineal, Brazil, Malacca, Sumatra, Antigua Rubra, 

 Indian Creole). — Easily distinguished from all other 

 variety by the dark purple colour of the spines, which 

 are rather small and irregular ; good specimens of it 

 will weigh from 31bs. to 51bs. Flowers purple. Fruit 

 cylindrical, sometimes broader at the top and narrow- 

 ing downwards ; before ripening, dark green and 

 mealy ; afterwards of a pale orange, tinged with a 

 copper colour. Pips, middle sized and rather flat. 

 Scales covering one-half the pips, of a deep red to- 

 wards the points, which are rather lengthened. Flesh 

 solid, lemon-coloured, semi-transparent, somewhat 

 mealy, juicy and acid, without much flavour or sweet- 

 ness. Crown rather large, leaves numerous. 



Montserrat, see Black Jamaica and New Jamaica. 



Montserrat, Heat on House, see Ripley. 



Olive Green, see St. Vincent 5 s. 



Olive, New Green, see Green Providence. 



