Griselinia
(named in honour of Franc. Griselini, an Italian botanist, who flourished in the middle of the eighteenth century). ORD. Cornaceae. A genus comprising eight species of trees or shrubs, natives of New Zealand, Chili, and Brazil. Flowers dioecious, in terminal panicles. Leaves alternate, often unequilateral, oblong, sub-quadrate or lanceolate, thick, coriaceous, entire, spinose-dentate or angulate; ribs inconspicuous; veins reticulated. Griselinias thrive in light rich loam, and are propagated by cuttings, or by layers. The species described below are probably the only ones yet in cultivation.
G. littoralis (shore-loving).* fl. as in G. lucida. l. ovate or oblong, less oblique at the base, wedge-shaped or narrowed into the slender rather long petiole; veins very obscure below. h. 30ft. New Zealand, 1872. G. lucida (shining). fl. minute; pedicels jointed, very short; panicles axillary, often as long as the leaves, much branched, minutely pubescent, with spreading golden (when dry) hairs. l. very obliquely ovate, obovate or oblong, quite entire, obtuse or rounded at the tip, very unequal towards the base, one side much narrower than the other; veins very distinct on the under surface. h. 10ft. to 12ft. New Zealand. G. macrophylla does not appear to be more than a large-leaved form of this.