PLATE CCLXXXIV.
CHIOCOCCA RACEMO SA.
OppoJIte-leaved S?iowber?y-tree.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
P E NT A NDRIA MO NOG YNI A. Five Chives. One Pointal
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
C A L Y X . Periantbium quinqueden ta t u r n , fu p e rnio,
perfiftens.
C O R O L L A monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus
loogus, patens; limbus quinqaepartitua;
laeiniis fequalibus, acuris, rcflexis.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta q u i n q u é , filiforraia, long
i t u d i n e corolla:. Antherxoblongae.erectae.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen infernm, i u b r o t u n d u m,
compreffum, Stylus filiformis, lotigitudine
fiaminum. Stigma limplex, obtufum.
1' t nn ARPIUM. Hacca fubrotunda, comprefla,
corónala calyee, bilocularis.
S E M I N A duo, fubrotunda, comprelfa, dinamia.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup five-toothed, above and
remaining.
BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-fliaped; tube long,
t h r e a d i n g ; border five divided; fcgments
equal, pointed and retlexcd.
C H I V E S . Five threads, hair-like, the length of
the bloflbm. Tips oblong, upright.
P O I N T A L . Seed b o d beneath, roundifli, flattened.
Shaft thread-fliaped, the length of
t h e chives. Summit iimplc, blunt.
S E E D - V E S S E L . A roundilb berry, flattened,
crowned with the permanent cup, twocelled.
S E E D S two, roundilb, flattened, and at a diftance
from each other.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Chiococca foliis oppofitis, ovatis, acuminalis; ]l Snowberry-tree w i t h oppofiteleaves, egg-fhaped,
ramis horizontalibus; floribus racemofis, tapered; branches grow h o r i z o n t a l ; flowers
pendulis. II grow in bunches h a n g i n g down.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e Empalement, natural fize.
2. T h e fame, magnified.
3 . A Flower.
4. The Chives a n d P o i n t a l , natural fize.
5. T h e fame magnified.
T H E Snowberry-tree is a native of J a m a i c a , and fome of t h e other Weft India iflands; requiring the
temperature of the holhoufe to preferve i t ; growing to t h e height of four or five feet; but the item
b e i n g too weak to fupport itfelf, muft be affiled. It is propagated by c u t t i n g s , and delights in a
rich foil. We are informed in Miller's D i f t i o n a r y , t r e a t i n g of this plant, that it was introduced to
us in the year 1?2Q, by M r . W a r n e r , of London; and that it was cultivated, in the garden of Mr.
S h c n r d at Eltham, about that time. The root of this plant is ufed medicinally, and has a very
b i t t e r acrid lafte. It is a very free blowing plant, flowering the firft year from the c u t t i n g s ; but
but never produces its fine w h i t e berries in this country, which conftitute its greater! beauty, and
whence its generic title. Our figure was made from a p l a n t in the Hammerfmith C o l l e t o n . Flowers
in September.