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DUVAUA longifolia. 

 Long-leaved Duvaua. 



POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 

 Nat. ord. Anacardiace^. 

 DUVAUA, Supra, vol. 19. fol. 1568. 



D, longifolia ; foliis lineari-oblongis basi angustatis integerrimis, corymbis 

 sessilibus axillaribus, floribus /-S-andris. 



The Duvauas are a race of evergreen shrubs, smelling of 

 turpentine, with small green flowers, a caustic juice, and con- 

 siderable affinity to Rhus. We have now in our gardens the 

 following species, viz. D. dependens, ovata, latifoUa, this 

 longifolia, and another or two undescribed and insuthcientiy 

 examined. They all inhabit the southern temperate regions 

 of South America, and are capable of living with us in the 

 open air through ordinary winters, especially if placed in a 

 north-western exposure. 



The species now figured differs from D. dependens in its 

 leaves not being at all serrated, and decidedly narrowed, not 

 widened, to the base ; and also in having very short corymbs 

 of flowers. With the others it is not necessary to compare it. 



It is much hardier than any of the others, having stood 

 against an exposed wall in the hard winter, 1837-8, when all 

 the others were either killed down to the ground or entirely 

 destroyed. 



It grows freely in an}^ good garden soil ; flowers in June 

 or July ; and is increased by seeds, or by cuttings of the half- 

 ripe wood taken off^ about August, and treated in the ordinary 

 way. 



The plant from which our figure was taken was presented 

 to the Horticultural Society some years ago by Mr. H. Low 

 of Clapton, who raised it from seeds received from Buenos 



Ayres. 



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