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GAYLUSSACIA PSEUDO-VACCINIUM. 
in the province of Espirito Santo, and extending along the coast as far as the 
island of Santa Catharina. In England, it was first produced at the Hackney 
Nursery, by the Messrs. Loddiges, from seeds gathered in Brazil, and forwarded to 
them three or four years ago by Mr. Russell, a friend residing there. It has since 
been received by Messrs. Knight and Perry from the Belgian Gardens. 
The plant prefers a soil of a peaty nature, which should, if possible, be 
selected of a medium texture — neither very close, nor very porous. These 
extremes may be partly corrected by adding either leaf-mould, to keep it loose, or 
a portion of loam, to render it more adhesive. A rather liberal quantity of water 
is necessary to keep it in health, whilst forming fresh growths ; and the earth must 
never be permitted to become very dry. 
It is readily multiplied by layering the branches immediately before the new 
shoots begin to form. 
The genus was named by Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, in honour of 
M. L. Gay Lussac, a celebrated French philosopher and chemist, and a member 
of the Academy of Sciences, at Paris. 
