belongs is, however, so similar to that met with in Athero- 
sperma, Labill., that the late Mr. Baillon was led to think 
that the two are congeneric. The bracts met with at the 
base of the flowers in Atherosperma, which have been relied 
upon as affording a distinctive character, are also present in 
Laurelia, though there they are soon caducous and not, as 
in Atherosperma, persistent, so that the conclusion formed 
by Baillon is probably just. 
The subject of our plate is a native of the southern parts 
of Chile, where it is known as the Huanhuan tree and is 
prized for its timber, though it is neither quite so common 
nor quite so valuable as another and better-known species 
of the same genus, L. sempervirens, Tul., the Chilian 
Laurel. The material from which our figure has been 
prepared was communicated to Kew by Mr. F. W. Moore 
of Glasnevin from a fine tree in the garden of the late 
Mr. Acton of Kilmacurragh, by whom it had been acquired 
from Messrs. Rollison of Tooting about 1868; an excellent 
figure of a fruiting specimen from the same tree was pub- 
lished in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in December, 1904 
(vol. xxxvi. p. 401, fig. 172) as LZ. aromatica, Poir. Bertero 
had, however, in 1829 pointed out that the species here 
dealt with is quite distinct from L. aromatica, and, although 
Bertero gave no technical description of the tree, Philippi 
subsequently distributed good specimens of the plant under 
the name L. serrata, Bertero. In spite of this, however, 
it became the practice to cite Bertero’s name as a synonym 
of L. sempervirens, and this practice was persistently followed 
until in 1894 Castillo and Dey published rough figures of 
both species and drew attention to some of their salient 
differences, Since 1894 it has been generally recognised 
that there are really two Chilian species of Laurelia, but 
the rather inadequate character of the account supplied by 
Castillo and Dey has provided an excuse for an attempt to 
substitute the earlier name, L. aromatica, Poir., for that 
proposed by Bertero. As regards the name ZL. aromatica, it 
has, however, to be pointed out that Poiret applied it, in 
the first instance, to a specimen in the herbarium of Jussieu 
for which he provided a brief diagnosis which indicates 
that the leaves are quite entire. Tulasne, who saw the 
specimen belonging to Jussieu, has stated that it is in 
every respect identical with Zi. sempervirens. Moreover, 
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