Margyricarpus
(from margaron, pearl, and karpos, a fruit; resemblance in white fruit). Pearl Fruit. ORD. Rosaceae. A small genus (three species) of branched, rigid, leafy shrubs, of which one is broadly dispersed over the temperate regions of South America and the Andes of Patagonia, Brazil, and New Granada, another inhabits Chili, and a third Peru. Flowers small, inconspicuous, solitary in the axils, sessile. Leaves alternate, crowded, imbricated, variable. The undermentioned species is a pretty little hardy evergreen, well suited for the rockery; and should be so planted that its branches can rest on a dark-coloured stone, which will show up the fruit to advanntage. A rich, light soil--such as a mixture of sand, loam, and leaf mould--is most suitable. Propagated freely by cuttings, taken in summer, and pricked into moist peat, under a bell glass; or by layering the branches.
M. setosus (bristly).* fl. green, very small, axillary, sessile. All summer. fro. white, forming the main feature of attraction, 1/8in. to 1/6in. in diameter, remaining in perfection a considerable time. l. impari-pinnate; leaflets awl-shaped, reflexed, deep green. h. 2ft. to 4ft. Andes, 1829.