1702 
* MAYTENUS chilénsis. 
Chilian Mayten. 
POLYGAMIA MON(CIA. 
Nat. ord. CELASTRINER. R. Br. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 110.) 
MAYTENUS Juss. Flores polygami. „Calyx 5-fidus, parvus, persistens. 
Petala 5, sepalis alterna, patentissima. Stamina 5, petalis alterna. Discus 
carnosus circa ovarium. Stigma sessile, 2-3-lobum. Capsula 1-4-valvis, valvis 
medio septiferis. Semina in fundo pauca, arillata, Embryo planus in albumine 
carnoso, Arbuscule Peruviane aut Chilenses, foliis alternis, simplicibus, 
coriaceis, perennantibus, dentatis, floribus axillaribus albido virescentibus, 
minimis. Capsule sepius intus crocee. De Cand. Prodr. 2. 9. 
M. chilensis ; foliis elliptico-oblongis basi attenuatis apice acuminatissimis mar- 
. gine serratis. D. C. 1. c. 
Maiten. “ Feuill. obs. 3. 39. t. 27.” 
Senacia Maytenus. Lam. illustr. n. 1712. 
Celastrus Maytenus. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 1127. 
Celastrus uncinatus. Fl. Peruv. 3. t. 230. Jig. A. 
Maytenus boaria. Molina ? 
Maytenus chilensis. Hooker and Arnott. in Bot. Miscell. 3. 171. 
Frutex sempervirens, in hortis orgyalis et ultra. Folia ovato-lanceolata, 
tenuia, glanduloso-serrulata, exstipulata, glaberrima. Flores axillares, 
Jasciculati, herbacei, parvi, polygami. Masculorum calyx inferus, parvus, 
S-dentatus ; petala 5, oblonga, obtusa, concava ; discus carnosus, 5-lobus ; 
stamina 5, petalis alterna et breviora; pistilli rudimentum. Faminei tn 
horto nondum apparuére. Capsule magnitudine pisi, turbinati, cinerei, 
coriacei, loculicido-bivalves, dispermi. Semina 2, erecta, arillo croceo vestita. 
— 
A handsome evefgreen shrub, which has been growing 
for some years in an of the Horticultural Society. 
It succeeds best trained to the front of a south wall, but it 
also survives the winter without even that slight protection. 
It would, no doubt, prove perfectly hardy in the milder 
parts of England and Ireland. 
* From Mayten, the vernacular name among the Chilenos. 
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