PERNET'TYA ANGUSTIFO'LIA. 
NARROW-LEAVED PERNETTYA. 
Class. 
DECANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ERICACEAi. 
Native of 
Heig'lit. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Valdivia. 
2 feet. 
June. 
Perennial. 
in 1834.? 
No. 768. 
The name Pernettya, was adopted in compliment 
to Don Pernetty, the author of a voyage to the 
Falkland Islands. 
This very ornamental dwarf shrub, was raised in 
the garden of the Birmingham Horticultural Soci- 
ety, from seeds presented by Robert Bevan, Esq. 
of Bury St. Edmunds, which had been collected by 
Bridges, at Valdivia in Chili. It is now to be found 
in most respectable nurseries, having, we believe, 
emanated wholly from the above source. Its dark 
red berries contrast prettily with its green foliage, 
and they continue to grow during winter, not attain- 
ing their full growth till the spring. 
This plant has been hitherto kno\yn as the spe- 
cies phyllyreaefolia, but since our plate was printed 
Dr. Lindley has compared it with authentic speci- 
mens of phyllyreaefolia from Paris, and finds them 
different; we therefore adopt his name angustifolia. 
Mr. Cameron mentions it as perfectly hardy in a 
peat border of southern aspect, but observes that 
layers and suckers should always be removed in 
autumn, which will prevent the injury it would other- 
wise receive in a subsequent dry season. 
