FABIANA (named after Francisco Fabiano, of Valencia, in Spain, a promoter of botany). ORD. Solanaceae. A genus containing about eleven species of South American shrubs. FABIANA imbricata is a very pretty hardy evergreen Heath-like shrub, of erect, rigid growth. It thrives in almost any soil, and succeeds best when grown against a wall; in the more northern counties of England, it is necessary to protect it during severe weather. Increased readily by cuttings of firm young shoots, inserted is sandy soil, in a cold frame, in spring. FABIANA imbricata (imbricated).* fl. pure white, terminal, solitary, produced in great profusion; corolla funnel-shaped; limb short, reflexed. May. l. small, ovate, sessile, crowded. h. 3ft. Chili, 1838. this forms an excellent plant for the hardy health border, or for the decoration of the cool conservatory. (B. R. xxv. 59.)