Eucryphia
(from eu, well, and kryphios, covered; referring to the calyptra of the flower). ORD. Rosaceae. A genus of three or four species of very handsome hardy evergreen or greenhouse shrubs or trees, of easy culture in a compost of loam and peat, and in a warm, sunny situation. Cuttings of young shoots will root in sand, if placed under glass.
E. Billardieri (Billardier's). fl. white, very showy, the broad petals often 1in. in diameter; peduncles much shorter than the leaves. l. simple, shortly petiolate, oblong, very obtuse, entire, coriaceous, glaucous or whitish underneath. Tasmania. A handsome greenhouse tree, attaining a very large size, although the smaller forms are often reduced to a bushy shrub. SYN. Carpodontos lucida.
E. cordifolia (heart-shaped-leaved). fl. white, large, axillary, solitary, stalked. l. cordate-oblong, crenated, downy. h. 20ft. Chili, 1851. Hardy. E. pinnatifida (pinnatifid). fl. white, large, usually borne in pairs near the upper portions of the branches. l. pinnate, dark green, Chili, 1880. Hardy. (G. C. n. s., xiv. 337; Gn., Dec. 1877.)