Is the name of a most superb plant figured in the last number of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, conducted by Sir William Hooker, who says of it: "A charming shrub, from the open border of the nursery of Veitch & Sons, who introduced the species from Chili. It is quite equal in beauty to our common Myrtle, and no more need be said to recommend it as an ornamental evergreen shrub for our gardens. It blossoms in the summer months, when the branches are literally loaded with the white blossoms, almost concealing the copious foliage; the leaves, indeed, are not much unlike those of the common Myrtle, but broader, and suddenly and sharply apiculated. It inhabits the colder parts of Chili, from Conception to the island of Chiloe, and Valdivia, and hence its hardiness may be accounted for. It is called the 'Arroyan' by the natives".

Eugenia Luma #1

The Eugenia apiculata of gardens. It is a fine Myrtaceous and Myrtle-like hardy or half-hardy evergreen shrub, with oval oblong sharp-pointed leaves, the branches loaded during summer with its white blossoms. Chili.