Villaresia
(named after Matthias Villarez, a Spanish botanist, Superintendent of the Gardens at Santa Espina). SYN. Citronella. ORD. Olacineae. A genus consisting of eight or ten species of stove, evergreen, climbing shrubs or small trees, inhabiting the tropics of both hemispheres. Flowers white; calyx five-parted; petals five, ribbed inside; stamens five; cymes small, paniculate or racemose. Leaves alternate, oblong, entire or spinulose-dentate, thickly coriaceous, clear. Only one species has been introduced. For culture, see Olax.
V. mucronata (mucronate-leaved). fl. fragrant, sessile; racemes terminal and in the upper axils, solitary, rarely in twos or threes, 2in. long. September and October. l. shortly petiolate, ovate or oblong, mucronate, highly glabrous, shining above, paler beneath, spiny-toothed in young trees, entire in adults. Trunk erect, terete. Chili. Tree.