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or less hispid, slightly compressed, agreeably acid. This species varies greatly 
in the degree of pubescence of the leaves. J. suavéolens Ait. otuy differs in 
having the leaves almost glabrous. H. 8. 
Other Species of Rhis.—Several names are in the London catalogues, which 
are synonymes of kinds which have been lost, or are not distinctly known by 
us. &. pumila Michr, R. diversiloba Tor, § Gray (R. lobata Hook.), R. 
trilobata Nutt, R. /adrina Nuét., are described in Torrey and Gray’s Filoras, 
but they have not yet been introduced ; or, if they have, they exist only as~ 
small plants. Some plants of Rhis 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. 
ae: Pi 
DUVAU‘A Kth. Tut Duvava. Lin. Syst. Polygamia Monee'cia. 
Jdentification. Kth. Gen. ered. Ds 8.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 74. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 76. 
Synonymes. Schinus sp. Andy.; Amyris sp. Cav. 
Derivation. Called Duvata, 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 Verénica.”” (Lindley, 
in Bot. Reg., t. 1568.) 
Gen. Char. Calyx persistent, with 4—5 segments. Corolla of 4—5 concave 
petals. Sexes moneciously 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 Duvaia, when thrown upon water, move about in a manner 
which may be compared to a fleet of ships employed in manceuvring, or to 
persons engaged in dancing. Seeds have been produced plentifully in the 
Hort. Soc. Garden by D. depéndens, 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. depéndens 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- 
totélia Mécqui. 
# 2 1. D. pEpE’NDENS Dec. The drooping-branched Duvaua, 
pati are beer ecie 2. Lys 3 Dons Mill, 2. p. 76. 
ynonymes. myris pol¥gama Cav. Icon. 3. p. 20. t. 239.3; Schinus depénd 2 . 8. Py 
Duvatia depéndens « Hook. Bot. Misc. 2. p. 176. ; PERE Dekel peace 
Engravings, Cav. Ic., t. 239. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1573. ; and our fig. 291. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves mostly, especially upon the flower-bearing branches, 
obovate, and very obtuse, >r even emarginate, with scarcely any denticu- 
lations. Racemes scarcely exceeding the leaves in length. Stamens mostly 
10. Flowers smaller than those of D. ovata. (Lind/.) An evergreen cree; 
in British gardens a wall shrub. Chili, Height in England 10 ft. to 12 ft. 
