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NAT. ORDER. MYRTACE^. 
When there is only one seed it is about the size of a marble, sub- 
globose, but a little flattened on one side. When there are two or 
three, they are irregularly flattened by compression, and smaller; 
one, however, being always the largest ; the testa brown, crustaceous, 
easily shelling off"; cotyledons from two to four, or even five to six, 
usually two or three, large, bright green, punctate, of very irregular, 
unequal shape and size ; the external surface rounded, inner angu- 
lar. 
The Bose Ajyple, a native of the East Indies, is one of the most 
common garden trees of Maderia ; but there is scarcely another that 
combines so eminently the beauties of flower, fruit, and foliage. The 
delicate white tassal-like bunches of flowers, contrasting with the 
thick, dark foliage, enliven the trees from February to July or August, 
when the fruit is principally in season. The fullest bloom, however, 
is in March or April, and just after this the trees are beautifully 
enriched by the fine, cinnamon-colored or reddish young leaves or 
shoots. Nothing can exceed the loveliness and delicate appearance 
of the fruit — its rich clusters half hidden by the dark, thick tufts of 
foliage which clothe the outer branches. But though one or two 
may be eaten with some relish, the over-powering perfume and taste 
of ro.se-water, together with the want of juice or dryness, renders it 
generally unpalatable ; and it is entirely excluded, except to satisfy 
occasional curiosity, from the table or desert. It is produced in 
great abundance and profusion, but used for no other purpose than 
sometimes to feed the pigs which eat it greedily. 
This tree, by its thick, evergreen foliage, is admirably adapted for 
a screen to buildings, or for shelter. It is also of rapid growth, and 
extremely tractable, bearing lopping well, or heading down to any 
height, and produces its flowers at all ages or sizes, whether as a 
tree or a bush. The name is from the Indian Tamboo, or ScJiarnber. 
Jambosa samarangensis. Samarang Rose Apple. This tree grows 
from twenty to twenty-five feet in height ; racemes loose, terminal, 
or axillary, shorter than the leaves ; branches usually three-flow- 
