Tas. 4920. 
PERNETTYA Furens. 
Maddening Pernettya. 
Nat. Ord. Ertcacr#.—DEcANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partitus, persistens. Corolla globosa aut ovata, ore 5-dentato 
revoluto. Stamina 10, acorolla libera, inclusa, filamentis supra basin subincrassatis, 
antheris bilobis, loculis apice apertis biaristatis (vel muticis). Ovarium depresso- 
globosum, glandulis 10 subtrilobis hypogynis basi cinctum. Stylus brevis. Stigma 
convexum, subquinquelobum. Bacca calyce suffulta, 5-locularis, loculis polysper- 
mis. Semina minuta, oblongo-ovata.—Fruticuli Americani, ramosissimi, glabri aut 
in ramulis setosi, erecti aut procumbentes. Folia parva, approximata, persistentia, 
alterna, ovata, integra aut dentata. Flores axillares, plerumque solitarii, pedicellati, 
nutantes, albi. Pedunculi bracteolati. De Cand. 
PerNertya furens; fruticosa, ramosa, ramulis pilosis, foliis brevi-petiolatis 
ovato-lanceolatis coriaceis mucronato-acutis serratis subtus pallidis reticu- 
latim venosis junioribus ciliatis, racemis axillaribus plurifloris, rachi paleaceo- 
setosa, corolla urceolato-subglobosa intus hirsuta. 
PERNETTYA furens. Klotzsch in Linnea, v. 24. p. 83. Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 2. p. 
1111. 
ARButus? furens. Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 33. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. 
p. 580. 
ARBUTUS? punctata. Hook. et Arn. 1. c. p. 33. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 583. 
Qued-qued. Feuild. Obs. 3. p. 36. t. 43. 
From the collection of Messrs. Standish and Noble, of the 
Bagshot Nursery, who raised it from Chilian seeds. Its blos- 
soms were in perfection in the open ground in the month of 
March, and it is consequently a great acquisition, with its bright 
foliage and close racemes of white waxy flowers, to our evergreen 
shrubs. It inhabits the neighbourhood of Conception, towards 
the southern parts of Chili, latitude 37° S. Father Feuillée was 
the first to detect and describe this plant, led to it perhaps by 
its properties: “the fruit,” he says, “is a reddish-brown berry, 
which is dangerous when eaten, causing delirium ; whence the 
Indian name ( Qued-qued), signifying madness.” It is singular 
however that no other author seems to have been acquainted 
with the plant, except Dr. Arnott and myself, in the Botany of 
JUNE lst, 1856. 
