Kageneckia
(named after Frederick de Kageneck, an ambassador from Holland to Spain). ORD. Rosaceae. A genus of three or four species of half-hardy evergreen trees, natives of Chili and Peru. Flowers unisexual, terminal, racemose or corymbose, solitary. Leaves scattered, petiolate, serrated, thick, coriaceous; stipules small. The species thrive in a compost of loam, peat, and sand. Ripened cuttings will root, in sand, under a bell glass. K. crataegoides (Hawthorn-like). fl. white, in axillary racemes. June. l. oval-lanceolate, smooth, glaucous. h. 10ft. Chili, 1830. (B. R. 1836.) K. oblonga (oblong). fl. white, solitary. August to December. l. oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, serrulated. h. 30ft. Chili, 1830.