the opportunity of figuring it we are indebted to the kind- 
ness of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, in whose 
stove at Sion it flowered last July, for the first time, we 
believe, in Europe. 
J t is one of those fragrant trees of the tropics whose foliage 
is filled with a sweet volatile oil like that of the orange, and 
whose aromatic tonic bark is valuable as a remedy for the 
fevers of such countries. The genus is indeed very near 
Galipea, one of whose species furnishes the Angostura bark 
of medicine. 
A diminished figure shews the habit of the plant ; fig. 1. 
its peculiar cup-like disk and style; fig. c 2. the ovary and 
disk cut through so as to display the ovules. This cup when 
bruised has a sweet smell like that of a ripe pear. 
