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iransversaliter impressum ibiqne tandem foraminibns 5, trans- 
versis fssun, superne margine ad annnlum perigynum intns 
prominentem extrorsum ibiqne in enlycem abiens. Sepala 5. 
Petala 5, perigyna, sepalis majora. Stamina 15 —20, peri- 
gyna; filamenta in praeflorations intus enryata, demum strieta, 
elongata, exserta; autherae biloculares, dorso supra basin 
alixae, supra inserlionem glandula instraetae, longitudinaliter 
dehiscentes , marginibus hand, explanatis. Carpophylia 3, ad 
vertieem germinis liberam, suhconienm, trisuleum connata, 
mafuritate secedentin. Stylus 1; stigma simplex. Capsula 
membranacea, heinisphaerico - turbinata, 5-costata, hypanthü 
parte libera, sepalisque coromata, verliee Jibero Ioenlicido -ri- 
valvis; valvis medio sepfiferis, ab columella centrali disjunctis. 
Semina parva, linearia, 
Frutiees; ramnlis 4- gonis, glabris; foliis oppositis, glan- 
dula stipulacea basi utringue stipatis; fNloribus axillaribus, 
pedicellatis,, foliis brevioribus, medio hihraeteolatis, 
1. T. stipularis Grisebach I. c. p. 31, — Tepualia Phi- 
lippiana Grisebach 1. c. p. 3%, 
Metrosideros stipularis D. Hook. Fl. antaret. II. 9.275. 
Myrtus stipularis Hook. Arn, in Hook, Bot, Mise. I. 
p- 316. — Barndoud in Gay Hist. Chil. Bot, Il. p. 378. 
Tepual incolis. 
Species maxime polymorpha; oanle elato v. humili; follis 
brevius v. longius petiolatis, augustioribus v. Jatioribus, in- 
terdum vordatis, densins v. Jaxins punctatis (deseript. Y. P- 
401 sub Myrso stipulari Hock.). 
