_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CATESBÆA _spinosa._ _Linn. Syst. Vegetab, ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 152._ _Sp.
Pl. p. 159._ _Ait. Hort. Kew. p. 159._

Frutex spinosus, buxi foliis plurimis simul nascentibus, flore
tetrapetaloide pendulo sordide flavo, tubo longissimo, fructu
ovali croceo semina parva continente. _Catesb. Carol. 2. p. 100.
t. 100._

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Of this genus there is only one species described by authors, and which
LINNÆUS has named in honour of our countryman MARK CATESBY, Author of
the Natural History of Carolina.

"This shrub was discovered by Mr. CATESBY, near Nassau-town, in
the Island of Providence, where he saw two of them growing, which were
all he ever saw; from these he gathered the seeds and brought them to
England.

"It is propagated by seeds, which must be procured from the country
where it naturally grows. If the entire fruit are brought over in sand,
the seeds will be better preserved; the seeds must be sown in small pots
filled with light sandy earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed of
Tanner's-bark. If the seeds are good, the plants will appear in about
six weeks; these plants make little progress for four or five years. If
the nights should prove cold the glasses must be covered with mats every
evening. As these plants grow slowly, so they will not require to be
removed out of the seed-pots the first year, but in the Autumn the pots