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AZARA GILLIESII. 
Dr. Gillies’ Azara. 
Nat. Ord. Brxinp#.—PoLyaNpRIA Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 4—6-partitus, laciniis estivatione imbricatis. Petala nulla. 
Stamina numerosa, calycis fundo inserta. Filamenta filiformia. _Anthere didymo- 
globose, biloculares, latere dehiscentes. _ Ovarium-superum uniloculare. Stylus 
simplex. Stigma obtusum. Bacca coriacea stylo apiculata, unilocularis poly- 
sperma. Semina subrotunda, placentis tribus parietalibus horizontaliter affixa.— 
Frutices Chilenses. Folia gemina, inequalia. Popp. et Endl. 
Azara (§ Almeja) Gilliesii ; foliis geminis longe petiolatis majoribus elliptico- 
ovatis coriaceis rigidis remote spinoso-serratis minoribus rotundatis seepissime 
deciduis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis petiolo brevioribus, floribus densis 
capitato-racemosis, calycibus 4—5-fidis intus dense barbatis ad basin glan- 
dulis 4. 
Azara Gilliesii. Hook. et Arn. Bot. Misc. v.3.p.144. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 1. p. 198. 
A. intermedia, ejusd. p. 195. 
The handsomest perhaps of all the species of Azara, a genus 
of shrubs peculiar to Chili, and remarkable for having in the 
normal state geminate leaves, extremely unequal im size, the 
lesser one stipuliform. Our living plant of this species, however, 
does not exhibit, nor do some of our native specimens, these 
stipulary leaves: others are furnished with them. The leaves 
have the colour and texture of the Holly, and like them are 
evergreen ; the flowers are minute, but collected into oblong or 
elliptical heads, resembling golden catkins, from the numerous 
rich orange-coloured stamens. The species was many years ago 
communicated to us from Chili by the late Dr. Gilles, and we 
further possess specimens from Bridges, gathered at Valparaiso 
and Quillota, and from the Cordillera of St. Iago, gathered by 
M. Ph. Germain. Seeds were received at the Royal Gardens 
from Mr. Bridges, and plants have for. some time flowered with 
us in the winter months, and from one of these our figure is 
made. With us it is kept in a cool greenhouse, but it is quite 
likely it will bear the open air in a sheltered situation in the mid- 
dle, especially the south, of England. 
APRIL Ist, 1860. 
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