By Mr. Donald Munro. 



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they fruited, and I have been informed on credible authority that 

 at some places so long a period as eighteen or twenty years elapses 

 without the Plant showing the least symptom of such a change. 



17. Sierra Leone Pine. 

 Originally presented to the Society by the late Mr. Chevalier, 

 under the name of Wild Pine of Sierra Leone ; and lately by Mr. 

 Whitfield, under the name of Black Antigua. 



Leaves long, broad and rather flaccid, with revolute undulated edges, of a clear bluish 

 green, and, from the circumstance of it being a very free grower, often considerably 

 blotched with a darker colour. Spines short, middle sized and regular. Flowers purple. 

 Fruit cylindrical, of a dull green colour tinged with red; when ripe, it gradually changes 

 to a dull ochre colour, thickly covered with meal. Pips rather below the middle size 

 and slightly prominent. Scales covering nearly one half the pips, and terminating in 

 lengthened reddish coloured points ; when approaching maturity it gradually changes to 

 a dull ochre colour. Flesh very pale yellow, almost white, tender, abundantly juicy, 

 free from fibre; crisp and melting; sweet without acidity; pleasant though not rich. 

 Crown large and rather sweet, often accompanied by gills at its base, leaves numerous : 

 it is also inclined to emit suckers at the base of the fruit, and those on the stem are 

 inclined to fruit before the other is half matured. 



An exceedingly free growing variety and of considerable excel- 

 lence ; from having been so lately introduced we are not aware of 

 its qualities as a winter Pine. 



18. Anson's Pine. 

 Syn. Anson's. "| 



Anson's Queen. j HoH ' Cat ' No « 2 ' 



Lemon Antigua. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 7. 



Leaves long, rather more slender and erect than in the Otaheite, to which it bears a con- 

 siderable resemblance, particularly in the spines and in the flatness of the leaves. Flowers 

 purple. Fruit cyUndrical, before ripening of a darkish green and rather mealy; when 

 ripe of a bright lemon colour. Pips rather above the middle size, prominent at the mar- 

 gins and depressed in the centre. Scales covering half the pips, and ending in narrow 

 aoute points. Flesh white, opaque, entirely without stringiness, very sweet and pleasant, 

 but without acidity. Crown middle sized, leaves not very numerous. 



