Theophrasta
(named after Theophrastus, the celebrated Greek botanist, who lived about 370-285 B.C.). ORD. Myrsineae. A monotypic genus. The species is a glabrous, stove, evergreen shrub, with robust, erect, nearly simple stems. It thrives in a compost of peat and loam. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots will root in sandy loam, with a surface consisting wholly of sand, if placed in bottom heat, under a bell glass.
T. imperialis (imperial). A synonym of Chrysophyllum imperiale. T. Jussaei (Jussieu's). fl. white, rather large, numerous in short racemes; calyx of five ovate, erect segments; corolla cylindrical-campanulate, five-lobed at apex, the lobes spreading; stamens five, affixed to the base of the corolla. l. sub-terminal, clustered, spreading, very shortly petiolate, linear-oblong, spiny-toothed, reticulate-nerved. h. 3ft. St. Domingo, 1818. (B. M. 4239.) T. longifolia (long-leaved). A synonym of Clavija ornata. T. macrophylla (large-leaved). A synonym of Clavija Reideliana. T. smaragdina (emerald-green). A synonym of Deherainia smaragdina.