REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower. 2. A blossom spread open, one chive magnified. 3. The pointal, summit magnified. The flowers of this Banksia bear a considerable degree of affinity to the B. ericæfolia already figured in Pl. 156, but very distinct in the foliage. From the small thorns on the upper part of the leaves it has acquired the specific title of spinulosa. It is not very often seen in bloom, although an old plant; which is accounted for in the slowness of its growth, and the size it generally attains to before it becomes a flowering plant: and as this character is prevalent through the whole genus, it no doubt prevents them from being so generally cultivated as they would otherwise be; since, when in flower, they are certainly both curious and beautiful. Our figure was taken from a plant in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Sion-House near Brentford; where, under the care of Mr. Hoy, several fine species of this genus are in very great perfection. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCLVIII. EUGENIA MALACCENSIS. _Malay Apple Tree._ CLASS XII. ORDER I. _ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Twenty Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, superum; in medio orbiculus, supra quem quadripartitum est: laciniis concavis, persistentibus. COROLLA. Petala quatuor, calyce duplo majora, obtusa, concava. STAMINA. Filamenta plurima in orbiculo calyci inserta, longitudine corollæ: antheræ parvæ. PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum. Stigma simplex. PERICARPIUM. Drupa quadrangularis, coronata, unilocularis. SEMINA. Nux subrotunda, glabra. EMPALEMENT. Cup of one leaf, above: in the middle is a little circle, above which it is four-divided: the segments are hollow, and remaining. BLOSSOM. Petals four, twice the size of the calyx, obtuse, and hollow. CHIVES. Threads many in a little circle inserted into the calyx: tips small. POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the stamens. Summit simple. SEED-VESSEL. A berry four-angled, coronet-shaped, and one-celled. SEED. A nut nearly round, and smooth. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. EUGENIA foliis oppositis, alternis, latis, ovalibus, apice acuto, leviter torto, glabris, lucidis. Caulis erectus. Ramuli superiores dumosi, cortice rugoso, colore pulliginoso: ramis floriferis oppositis, alternis, rectis: corollis alternatim oppositis, purpureis. EUGENIA with opposite alternate leaves, broad, and of an oval form, with an acute point, slightly twisted, smooth, and shining. Stem upright. The branches above are bushy. The bark is wrinkled, and of a light brown colour. The flower-branches are opposite, alternate, and straight out. The blossoms are alternately opposite, and purple. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.