XXIV. ANACARDIA‘CEA : DUVAU’/. 193 
‘Introduced in 1790. Flowers yellowish white ; 
June and July. Berries black ; ripe n Sept. 
There is an old plant in the Botanic Garden 
at Kew, and a tree in the Chelsea Botanic Gar- 
den, which is 12 ft. high, with a trunk 7 in. in 
circumference. The plant in the Hort. Soc. 
Garden passed seven winters against a wall with 
2 southern exposure, till the winter of 1837-8, 
when it was killed down to the ground ; but it 
has sprung up again vigorously. 
a 2 2. D. ovata Lindl. The ovate-leaved Duvaua. 
Identification. Lindl. in Bot. 
Reg., t. 1568. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1568.; 
and our jig, 292 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 
4 ovate, toothed, in most acute at the tip, in some 
obtuse. Racemes a little longer than the leaves. 
Stamens mostly 8. (Lind/.) An evergreen tree; in 
British gardens a shrub. Chili, on mountains. Height 
in the climate of London 6 ft. to 10 ft. against a wall. 
Introduced in 1825. Flowers yellowish white; June 
and July. Berries black ; ripe in September. 
Probably a variety of the preceding species. It was 
wholly uninjured by the winter of 1837-8, in the Hor- 
ticultural Society’s Garden. 
w 2 3. D. vatiro'iia Gill. The broad-leaved Duvaua. 
Identification. Gillies MSS.; Lind}. in Bot. Reg., t. 1580. 
S ry D. depéndens y Hook. Bot. Misc.; Huing han, Chili. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1580. ; and our fig. 293. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, acute, coarsely 
toothed, so waved as to seem in some measure 
plicate. Racemes dense, the length of the leaves. 
Stamens 8. (Lindl.) An evergreen tree; in 
British gardens a shrub. Chili, on mountains, 
Height 6 ft. to 12 ft. against a wall. Introduced 
in 1826. Flowers greenish white; June and July. 
Berries black ; ripe in October. 
“Whatever,” observes Dr. Lindley, “ may be 
thought” of the distinctness, as species, “ of D. 
ovata and D. depéndens, there can be no doubt 
that D. latifolia is a totally distinct species ; for 
not only are the leaves, in their outline, surface, 
and colour, and the whole plant in its habit, very 
different, but we find it maintain all its peculiarities 
unchanged when raised from seeds.” 
Other Species of Duvatia,—D. dentata Dec., Schinus dentata Bot. Rep., was 
introduced in 1795, and is doubtless as hardy as any of the above kinds; since 
all of them are safest when planted against a wall. Duvaia sinudta Lindl, 
appears equally hardy with D. depéndens in the Hort. Soc. Garden. It differs 
from the others in producing the flowers before the leaves, and in being deci- 
duous. All the species well deserve culture as evergreen bushes, in shrubberies 
where the soil is dry and sandy, the situation sheltered, and the surface sloping 
to the south. A concurrence of circumstances of’ this kind is not unfrequent 
in country residences, both in England and Scotland ; and two examples which 
occur to us at the moment we are writing are, Bury Hill in Surrey, and Blair 
Drummond in Stirlingshire. 
291. Duvata depéndens. 
292. Duvata ovata. 
293. Duvatie latifolia. 
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