sent from the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, under the name of 
Litsea chinensis ; another was collected in the Isle of France, 
where Lamarck states his L. chinensis to be cultivated 
for hedges ; and the third was sent from Guyana to Professor 
Hooker by Mr. Parker. Of these the specimen from the 
Botanic Garden, Calcutta, has distinctly from 38 to 5 de- 
ciduous sepals, and cannot be distinguished from the 
plant now figured ; the two others differ from it in no other 
material respect than in being, as far as we have observed, 
asepalous. Considering these facts, and that the three 
supposed species of authors have not been described as 
different by any botanist who had actually more than one of 
them before him, we cannot but entertain a suspicion of 
the three being repetitions of one species. We have not, 
however, ventured to combine them; our conjectures not 
being supported by the examination of authentic specimens. 
A tall shrub, native of China, where the plant from 
which our drawing was made was obtained for the Horticul- 
tural Society, and brought home by Mr. John Potts in 1822. 
It flowers in August and September, and requires the heat 
of a bark-bed. At the Isle of France it is cultivated under 
the name of Cérisier de la Chine, or Chinese Cherry-tree, 
the berries when ripe resembling that fruit. 
Our drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden last 
summer. 
JL; 
