Patagonula
(from the name of the native country of the genus--Patagonia). ORD. Boragineae. A genus comprising only a couple of species of greenhouse, glabrous or pubescent, South American shrubs. Flowers small, loosely corymbose, cymose at the tips of the branches; calyx broadly campanulate, five-fid above the middle; corolla campanulate-sub-rotate, semi-five-fid, with imbricated (not folded) lobes. Leaves alternate or clustered at the apices of the branches, entire or serrate, penniveined, reticulated. P. americana, the only species introduced, grows well in an equal mixture of loam and peat. It may be increased by cuttings, inserted in the same kind of soil, under a glass.
P. americana (American). fl. white or greenish-white, smelling like those of the Elder. June to August. l. glabrous on both surfaces, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, tapering into the short petioles, and sub-cuneated at the base, generally acute, rarely obtuse, at the apex; younger ones cuneate-obovate, entire or serrated towards the top; largest ones 2 1/2in. long, margined. h. 10ft. to 12ft. 1732.