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or less hispid, slightly compressed, agreeably acid. This species varies greatly 

 in the degree of pubescence of the leaves. R. suaveolens Ait. ci iy differs in 

 having the leaves almost glabrous. H. S. 



Other Species ofRhus. Several names are in the London catalogues, which 

 are synonymes of kinds which have been lost, or are not distinctly known by 

 us. R. pumila Michx, R. diversiloba Tor. <$r Gray (R. lobata Hook.), R. 

 trilobata Nutt., R. /aurina Nutt., are described in Torrey and Gray's Floras, 

 but they have not yet been introduced ; or, if they have, they exist <rnly as 

 small plants. Some plants of #hus have been raised in the Hort. Soc. Gar- 

 den, from seeds sent from the snowy mountains of Nepal, which will doubtless 

 prove hardy. 



GENUS III. 



^ Kth. THE DUVAUA. Lin. Syst. Polygamia Monoe'cia. 



Identification. Kth. Gen. Tereb., p. 8. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 74. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 76. 



Synonymes. Schlnus sp. Andr. ; ^myris sp. Cav. 



Derivation. Called Duvatia, after M. Duvau, a French botanist, known as the editor of the 



original edition of Richard's Analyse du Fruit; and for some observations on Ver&mca" (Lindley, 



in Sot. Meg., t. 1568.) 



Gen. Char. Calyx persistent, with 45 segments. Corolla of 45 concave 

 petals. Sexes monceciously polygamous. Stamens 8 10, inserted under a 

 pitcher-shaped calycine disk, which has as many sinuses and as many teeth 

 as there are stamens : these are opposite the sinuses, half of them opposite 

 the petals, and half alternate with them. Anthers in the fruit-bearing flowers 

 barren. Ovary conical. Styles 3 4. Stigmas capitate. Fruit a globose 

 drupe, with a leathery nut. Chilian trees and shrubs, becoming spiny as 

 they advance in growth. (Dec. Prod.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; generally oblong or 

 ovate, toothed, small. Flowers in axillary racemes, greenish yellow. There 

 are four species in cultivation, which are all very handsome evergreen bushes, 

 with bright shining foliage. 



The foliage emits, when bruised, a strong but not unpleasant odour, of 

 the nature of turpentine. The leaves of D. ovata, and, doubtless, those of 

 every species of Duvaua, when thrown upon water, move about in a manner 

 which may be compared to a fleet of ships employed in manoeuvring, or to 

 persons engaged in dancing. Seeds have been produced plentifully in the 

 Hort. Soc. Garden by D. dependens, trained to a south wall ; and seeds of 

 D. latifolia are often imported from Chili. Cuttings of the ripe wood root 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in a gentle heat. D. dependens was but little 

 injured at Kew, in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, and in the Hort. Soc. Garden, 

 by the winter of 1837-8 ; and D. ovata was not injured at all, and may be 

 considered as an evergreen shrub, as hardy in the climate of London as Aris- 

 totelza Mdcqui. 



* * 1. D. DEPE'NDENS Dec. The droopmg-branched Duvaua. 



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



Synonymes. Am$ris pol^gama Cav. Icon. 3. p. 20. t. 239. ; Schlnus dependens Ort. Decad, 8. p. 102.; 



Duvaua dependens Hook. Boi. Misc. 2. p. 176. 

 Engravings. Cav. Ic., t. 239. ; Bot Reg., t 1573. ; and our fig. 291. 



Spec. Char. y fyc+ Leaves mostly, especially upon the flower-bearing branches, 

 obovate, and very obtuse, or even emarginate, with scarcely any denticu- 

 lations. Racemes scarcely exceeding the leaves in length. Stamens mostly 

 10. Flowers smaller than those of D. ovata. (Lindl.) An evergreen cree; 

 in British gardens a wall shrub. Chili. Height in England 10ft. to 12ft. 



