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DUVAUA* ovata. 



Ovate-leaved Duvaua. 





POLYGAMIA MON(ECIA. 



Nat. ord. Anacardi ace^e R. Br. {Introduction to the natural system 



of Botany, p. 127.) 



DUVAUA. — Flores monoici aut dioici. Calyx 4-fidus, persistens. 

 PetalaAj concava. Stamina 8, sub disco inserta, 4 petalis alterna, longiora, 

 in flore $ effoeta. Discus urceolatus, 8-dentatus. Ovarium sessile, 1- 

 ovulatum, conicum, in $ sterile. Styli 3-4, brevissimi. Stigmata capitata. 

 Drupa globosa, nucleo coriaceo. Semen 1, pendulum, exalbuminosum, 



cotyledonibus planis, radicula supera longa. Arbor chilensis, subspi- 



nescens, glabra. Folia simplicia, subintegerrima. Racemi axillares, multi- 

 flori. Variat fl. 5-fidis. De Cand. prodr. 2. 74. 



D. ovata; foliis ovatis dentatis acutis obtusisve, floribus saepius octandris. 



Frutex sempervirens, ramosus, spinescens, verosimiliter orgyalis. Folia 

 lucida, terebinthinum fortd olentia,formd variabilia, plerumque tamen ovata, 

 acuta, dentata ; nunc obtusa, oblonga, v. obovata. Racemi stricti, foliis 

 paulb longiores. Flores herbacei, scepiiis octandri. 





Almost all the plants from Chile which are as yet com- 

 mon in our Gardens, are herbaceous or annual species, 

 more remarkable for the beauty of their flowers than of 

 their foliage ; Aristotelia Macqui forming nearly a solitary 

 exception. This has probably arisen from the shrubby 

 species having been found impatient of cold, and unpro- 

 ductive of flowers. X 



Nevertheless that country produces many things well 

 worth the attention of those who have gardens, especially 

 its different species of Duvaua, of which at least three are 

 to be found in the collections near London ; all of them are 







* So called after M. Duvau, a French Botanist, known as the editor of 

 the original edition of Richard's Analyse du Fruit ; and for some observa- 

 tions upon Veronica. 



