544 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PARY ILl. 
producing shoots 3 ft., 4ft., or 5ft. in length, when young; and it is readily 
propagated by cuttings, or by layers. The latter modeis generally adopted in 
British nurseries. Plants, in London, are 2s. 6d. each. In the case of the 
aristotelia and of all other shrubs or trees that are rather tender, it is very 
desirable, in cold situations north of London more especially, to have reserve 
plants, against a wall, or in pots, from which cuttings may be taken when 
wanted, to supply any deaths which may occur in the open garden. 
Genus II. 
AZARA R.et P. Tue Azara. Lin. Syst. Polyandria Monogynia. 
Identification. R. et P. Fl. Per. et Chil. Prod., 1. p. 76. t. 36.; Syst., p. 137.; D. Don, in Edin. N. P. 
Journ. Jan, 1831; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 297., 2. p. 55. 
Derivation. In honour of Joseph Nicholas Axara, a Spanish promoter of science, and of botany in 
particular. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 297.) 
Description, &c. The species are leafy evergreen shrubs or trees, with alternate, simple, stalked, 
stipulate leaves, which are bitter to the taste ; and flowers disposed in corymbs or spikes, fragrant. 
wz 1, A. pentTA‘TA R.et P. The toothed-leaved Azara. 
Identification. R. et P. Fl. Per. et Chil. Syst., 1. p. 138.; Fl. Per., 5. 
ft et a; Dec. Prod., 1. p.262.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 297., 2. 
p. 55, 56. 
Engravings. R. et P. Fi. Per., 5. t. 465. fig. a; Bot. Reg., t. 1788, ; 
and our fig. 220. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate, serrated, scabrous, tomentose be- 
neath. Stipules leafy, one large, the other small. Corymbs ses- 
sile, few-flowered. Calyx 5—7-parted, spreading, with the seg- 
ments somewhat imbricate in exstivation. Stamens numerous, 
many of them sterile. (Don’s Miil., ii. p. 55, 56.) An evergreen 
shrub or low tree, growing to the height of 12 ft. in its native 
country (Chili), in groves about Concepcion, where it is called 
Corcolen. It was introduced into England in 1830, or before, and 
flowered against a wall in the garden of the London Horticul- 
tural Society in 1835. The following particulars respecting it 
are from the Bot. Reg., t. 1788. Branches pubescent. Leaves 
oblong, from lin. to 2 in. long, crenately sawed, deep, bright 
green, remarkably glossy. Flowers small, devoid of corolla, yellow 
in the anthers, which are protruded a little beyond the calyx, dis- § 
posed in corymbose clusters that are shorter than the leaves, fra- & 
grant. A.dentata, in England, nailed to the south face of a wall, + Ys i 
and protected from wet in winter, forms a very handsome ever- ‘ i 
green bush. No drought seems to affect it; for, after nearly two months of the hottest and driest 
weather known in England, its leaves were perfectly fresh and green. (Bot. Heg., Sept, 1835.) 

w 2. A. InTEGRIFO‘LIA R. ef P. The entire-leaved Azara. 
Identification. R. et P. Syst. Fl. Per. et Chil, 1. p.138.; Fl. Per. 5. t. 466. f.a; Dec. Prod. 1. 
p. 262.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 297., 2. p.56.; Gard. Mag., 10. p. 285. 
Engraving. R. et P. Flor. Per., 5. t. 466. - 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate or oblong, entire, smooth. Stipules equal, permanent. Flowers 
spiked, Calyx with a connivent 4.cleft limb, furnished with scales on the inside, valvate in esti- 
vation. Stamens not numerous, all fertile, disposed in fascicles opposite the lobes of the calyx. 
(Don’s Miit:, ii. p. 56.) . An evergreen shrub, a native of Chili, growing to about 12 ft. hi h, and 
found in groves about Concepcion, where it, as well as A. dentata, is called Corcolen. Mr. Knight 
of the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, raised, in 1832, plants of this species from seeés obtained of 
Mr. Cuming, who had imported them from their native country. It is probably only a variety of 
the preceding. A. serrdia R. et P., another species, is described in Dec. Prod. and Don’s Mill., 
2.p.56. This is a native of the same locality as the others, and is alsoa shrub 12 ft. high, All 
three are, probably, varieties of the same species. 
App.i. Other hardy or half-hardy ligneous Species of Homalindcee. 
Blackwéliia piel ites Dec. is a Nepal shrub, with ovate leaves and whitish flowers.— Astranthus 
cochinchinénsis Lour. (Don’s Mill., 2. p.57.) is a tree with ovate, serrated, ianuginous leaves, and 
white flowers'in long spikes, introduced in 1825.—Nedéilia thyrsiflora D. Don, and N. rubifldra D. Don 
(Don’s Mill., 2. p. 57,.), are hardy Nepal shrubs, with the habit of Spire-a; but they have not yet 
been introduced. The last generic name was given by Professor Don, in honour of his friend 
Patrick Neill, Esq., LL.D. F.R.S.E. and F.L,S., Secretary of the Wernerian and Horticultural 
Societies of Edinburgh ; a gentleman who has been a great encourager of botany and gardening for 
many years, and to whose zeal and activity, and the universal esteem in which he is held in his 
native country, the Caledonian Horticultural Society owes its existence, and, ina great measure, its 
present prosperous state. . ‘ 
