Luzuriaga
(named in honour of Ignatio M. R. de Luzuriaga, a Spanish botanist). SYNS. Callixene and Enargea. ORD. Liliaceae. A small genus (three species) of half-hardy shrubby-branched under-shrubs, two of which inhabit Chili, and the third is a native of the region of the Magellan Straits and New Zealand. Flowers white, solitary or few, in the axils of the leaves; pedicels slender; perianth deciduous; segments distinct, sub-equal, spreading. Berry sub-globose, indehiscent. Leaves often sessile, alternate, rather small, oblong-elliptic, prominently three to many-nerved. Stems shrubby, glabrous. The species thrive on turfs of fibry peat, or attached to stems of Tree Ferns. They like shade and moisture. Propagated by cuttings. L. erecta (erect).* fl. solitary, in the axils of the leaves; perianth frequently dotted with reddish-brown. Berry 1/2in. thick. l. alternate, oblong, 1/2in. to 1in. long. h. 1 1/2ft. Chili. A copiously-branched, sub-scandent sub-shrub. SYN. Callixene polyphylla (under which name it is figured in B. M. 5192).
L. marginata (margined). fl. solitary, in the axils of the leaves of the upper branches, scented like Heliotrope; pedicels very short, erect. l. alternate, sessile, ascendent, oblong, thick, rigid, pale green, mucronate, 1/2in. to 3/4in. long; margin revolute. Tierra del Fuego. SYN. Callixene marginata. L. radicans (rooting). fl. pure white, large, 1 1/2in. in diameter, regular, star-shaped; anthers yellow, connivent into a cone. Summer. l. sessile, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate. Stems slender, wiry. Chili and Peru.