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PHILESIA BUXIEOLIA. 
Smilacese § Philesise. — Hexandria-Monogynia. 
Charact. Gener. Mores hermaphroditi, Gahjx triphyllus, basi bractea- 
tus, foliolis oblongis, membranaces-scariosis erectis. Petala 8, calyce 
quadruple longiora majoraque, obovato-oblonga, mucronulata, campanulata- 
conniventia, ima basi in tubum connata, intus glandula situberculo nectavi- 
fero aucta, ceracea, siccitate venosa, subtus glauca. Staynina 6, lonwitudine 
fere petalorum. Filamenta inferne monadelpba et imge basi petalorum 
conjuncta. Antherce erectse, oblongae, subsagittatse, basifixse. Ovarium 
ovale, trigonum, liberum, uniloculare, placentis tribus parietalibus. Ovula 
plurima. Stylus stamina paululum superans. Stigma dilatatum, margine 
reflexo subtrilobo. Bacca ovali-globosa, pulposa, polysperma, mucronata. 
Suffrutex m,agellanicu$, erectus, ramosus, ramis alternis, squaonosis, apice 
precipue foliosis. Folia alterna, Imeari-eUiptica, coriacea, mucronata^ 
pennivenia, subtus glauca, margine reflexa, petiolis brevibus articulatis. 
Flores speciosi, nutantes in ramis terminales, soUtari, brevissime pedun- 
culati, pedunculis bracteatis. Hooker. 
Philesia, Commerson ex Juss. Gen. 41. Endlicher Gen. No. 1198. 
Species unica : Philesia buxifolia Lamk. — 111. r. 248 Encycl. vol. V. p. 269. 
KuNTH Enum. pi. V. p. 285. — Lindl. Vegetable Kingdom, ed. 2, p. 217 
cum icone floris. — Hook. fil. H. antart, II. p. 85. — Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4738 
(icon hie iterata.) 
" Considering the idea we have of the straits of Magellan, with its fogs 
and storms, one is surprised to find there such charming flowers as the 
Lapageria rosea and the Philesia buxifolia. But nature has smiles for 
every zone and for all climates. As if to compensate for the long frosts, 
she gives to the short summers of polar or alpine regions a lustre of flower- 
ing which even the country of the myrtle would envy. No Flora of a tem- 
perate part of Europe equals, in comparative richness, in the size and state 
of the corolla, that of Lapland and the Alps, with their Gentians, their 
Ranunculus, Dryas, Rhododendron and Primroses, forms as brilliant in the 
rapid season of their loves, as they are humble in their size and verdure." 
Thus far Dr. Planchon in the Flore des Serres. For the rest we have 
an account of the climate of the southern extremity of South America, 
where the temperature, of a general uniformity, permits the growth of the 
same plants, or at least of the same character of plants, from the straits of 
Magellan to Chili, In this region Mr. Lobb succeeded in procuring plants 
of our present subject. 
Oommerson, the naturalist of Bougainville's expedition, discovered this 
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