CHAP. XXXVI II. 



ANACARDfA CE.E. DUVAU .-/. 



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two. The fruit produced by D. dependens consists of small, dry, blackish 

 purple berries. The species appear highly desirable to all who have a con- 

 servative wall, if it were only to excite an interest in plants in the minds of 

 children, by exhibiting to them the curious action of the leaves. 



I 1. D. depe'xdens Dec. 



The droop'mg-braiiched Duvaua. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. ~i. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 75. ; 

 Linrtley in Bot. Reg., t. 1573. 



Synonymes. ^myris polygama Cav. Icon., 3. p. 20. t. 239. ; 

 Schinus dependens Oit. Decad.,S. p. 102. ; Duvaua de- 

 pendens a Hook. Pot. Misc., 2. p. 17ti. 



Ennravings. Cav. Ic., t. 239. : Bot. Keg., t 1573. : and our 

 ^g. 232. 



Spec. Char., SjC. Leaves mostly, especially upon the flower- 

 bearing branches, obovate, and very obtuse, or even eniiir. 

 ginate, with scarcely any dcnticulations. Bacemes scarcely 

 exceeding the loaves in length. Stamens mostly 1(1. Flowers 

 smaller than those of D oviita. [Lindlry, in Bot. lies;., 

 t. 15,3.) A tree, a native of Chili, wliere it is called 

 Huinghan. [Dec. Prod., ii. p. 74.) Introduced in 17J'0. 

 There is an old plant of it in the Botanic Garden at Kew, 

 against a wall with a west aspect, which has attained a 

 considerable size, with very little protection. There is 

 also a tree in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, which is 12 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 7 in. in circumference, after having 

 been 5 years planted. The plant in the London Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden has passed seven winters against a 

 wall with a southern e.xposure. The winter of 183 )-6 liav. 

 ing been unusually severe, has withered the leaves and the 

 smaller shoots of this and of some other species of DuvaCid 

 in this garden ; but, on examining the trees, .^pril20. IH.jtJ, 



we tind the stronger shoots, and the trunk and branches, uninjured, and biidi and leaves rapidly 

 developing themselves. 



ai 2. D. ovaVa Laid/. The ovate-leaved Duvaua. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 156S. 

 Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 15fiS. 



Spec. Char., Sjc. Leaves ovate, toothed, in most acute at the tip, in some obtuse. Racemes a little 

 longer than the leaves. Stamens mostly 8. {Lindley,in Bot. Beg., t. l.)68.) Neatly related to D. 

 dependens; "but the plants are so different when growing side by side, that we cannot think it 

 right to combine them." (Z,/>irf/t>) .A.bout 6 ft. high. Branches spir.cscent. Introduced about 

 1825 or 1826. The plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden was planted in 1831. To us it 

 appears only a variety of the preceding species. 



at 3. D. L4tifo'lia Gill. The broad-leaved Duvaua. 



23:i 



Identification. Gillies MSS. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1580. 



Si/nonyme. D. dependens y Hook. Bot. Misc. 



Engraving. Bot. Keg., t. 15SU. ; and our fig. 233. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong, acute, coarsely toothed, so 



waved as to seem in some measure plicate. Racemes 



dense, the length of the leaves. Stamens 8. [Lindiei/ 



in Bot. Beg., t. I.5S0.) " Whatever may be thought " of 



the distinctness, as sjiecies, " of D. ov&ta and D. depi'n- 



dens, there can be no doubt that this is a totally distinct 



species; for not only are the leaves, in their outline, sur- 

 face, and colour, and the whole plant in its habit, very 



diS'erent, but we find it maintain all its peculiarities un- 

 changed when raised from seeds." (/</.) This species is 



very common in Chili, and is called there Htting han, 



a.s well as D. dept'ndens. It was introduced into Britain 



in 182:>, or before. The plant in the Horticultural Sfi- 



ciety's Garden was placed against the wall where it now 



stands in 1829. This species, judging from the above-men- 

 tioned plant, as examined by us April 20th, 1836, appears 



to be somewhat more tender than D. dependens ; but this 



may be owing to its larger le.ives presenting a greater sur- 

 face to the action of the weather. We have alre.idy more 



than once remarked, that, when the majority of a species of 



a genus are hardy, the [irobability is that those .species of 



that genus which are found to be rather tender may, uy 



cultivation through several generatioi:s, or even peihajjs 



by extension, become hardy. The first, Sir Josepli Banks 



alleges, has been the case with ZizSnia aquatica ; and the second, according to I>r. Walker, with 



Pass-.flbra carulea. 



at 4. D. denta^ta Dec. The tooihed-lcavcd Duvaua. 



IHemification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 74. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 76. 

 Synonymc. Schlnus dentMa Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 620. 

 Engraving. Andr. Bot. Kcp., I. 620. 



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