Tab. 6307. 
CARISSA GRANDIFLORA. 
Native of Port Natal. 
Nat. Ord. Apocyne^e. — Tribe Carisseas* 
Genus Carissa, Linn. ( Benth . et Hoole.f. Gen . Plant, vol. ii. p. 995. 
Carissa (Arduina) grandiflora ; glaberrima, foliis breviter petiolatis, ovatis ovato- 
oblongis v. rotundatis, apiculatis coriaceis costa subtus crassa venis 
obscuris, floribus subsessilibus terminalibus solitariis v. binis, calycis seg- 
mentis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis intus glandulosis, corollae tubo elongato 
lobis oblongis obtusis sinistrorsum obtegentibus, ovarii loculis oc-ovulatis, 
bacca ovoidea polysperma. 
C. grandiflora, A. DC. Prod. vol. viii. p. 335 ; Saunders, Refug. Bot. t, 300. 
Arduina grandiflora, E. Meyer , Comm. PI. Dreg. p. 190. 
A very pretty evergreen bush, with white fragrant flowers 
and deep green leaves, of easy culture in a moderate stove or 
warm greenhouse during winter, and in a greenhouse or the 
open air in summer. It is a native of Natal, where it was 
discovered by Drege, and has been since collected by Peddie, 
Krauss and other travellers. We have also seen specimens 
from St. Helena, where it is cultivated. Bentham (Gen. 
Plant, l. c .) observes that it differs from other species 
of Carissa in the glands within the base of the calyx- seg- 
ments, and in the indefinite ovules, and suggests that it may 
be generically different, but the habit and other characters are 
so entirely that of Carissa that it would seem unnatural to 
separate it, and I follow him in retaining it in the genus. 
Carissa grandiflora was introduced by Cooper, when 
collecting for Mr. Wilson Saunders ; in a note to the her- 
barium specimen which he sent home he gives it the native 
name of ‘ Amatungula,’ adding , u fruit used for jam, tarts, etc.” 
Harvey states of the African Carissas generally, that the fruit 
is plum-like and delicious. That of the Indian C. Carandas 
is eaten both raw and cooked. 
Our plant flowers in the Palm House at the Royal 
july 1st, 1877, 
