Having received a most beautiful branch, of this magnificent plant from the collection of the Hon. the Marchioness of Rockingham, at Hillingdon, near Uxbridge; the impulse was too strong to be resisted, of giving a figure of it in the Bot. Rep. although against our general proposals, as this is certainly, neither a new, or rare plant; having been introduced so early as 1690, by Mr. Bentick. We therefore beg the indulgence of our friends, in this instance; for although the flower is common, and there are many figures of it, in different works, as, Rheede’s Hort. Malab. Vol. 7. frut. scand. 107. t. 57. Plukenet’s alma. 249. t. 116. f. 3. Commelin’s hort. 1. p. 69. t. 35. &c. &c.; yet, as these may not be in the possession of many of the purchasers of our work, we hope it may prove agreeable. [Illustration] PLATE CXXX. CERBERA UNDULATA. _Waved-leaved Cerbera._ CLASS V. ORDER I. _PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, acuminatum; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis. COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus clavatus; limbus magnus, quinquepartitus; laciniis obliquis, obtusis, latere altero magis gibbis; os tubi quinquangulare, quinquedentatum, stellato-connivens. STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, subulata, in medio tubi. Antheræ erectæ, conniventes. PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, brevis. Stigma capitatum, bilobum. PERICARPIUM. Drupa maxima, subrotunda, carnosa, a latere sulco longitudinali excavata, punctisque duobus. SEMEN. Nux bilocularis, quadrivalvis, retusa. EMPALEMENT. Cup five leaved, tapering to a point; leaflets between egg- and lance-shaped. BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shaped; tube club-shaped; border large, five divisions; segments oblique, obtuse, thicker edged on one side; mouth of the tube five-angled, five toothed, approaching together in the form of a star. CHIVES. Five threads, awl-shaped, in the middle of the tube. Tips upright, and approaching. POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, and short. Summit headed, two-lobed. SEED-VESSEL. A large pulpy fruit, nearly round, fleshy, hollowed on the side by a longitudinal furrow, and with two punctures. SEED. Nut two cells, four valves, and bluntly dented at the end. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Cerbera foliis lanceolatis, utrinque attenuatis, undulatis; cymis ramosis, divaricatis, axillaribus. Cerbera with lance-shaped leaves tapered to both ends, and waved; tufts of flowers branching into various directions, and growing from the foot-stalks of the leaves close to the stem. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Empalement, magnified. 2. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives as they stand in the tube, magnified. 3. The Empalement, with the pointal after the blossom has fallen off, magnified. 4. The Seed-bud, magnified.