Vermischte neue Diagnosen. ggg 



meter, white to pale lilac. Calyx 4-partite, the two inner divisions 

 smaller than the two outer, segments lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, puberulous. Corolla Vj 2 times the length of the calyx; tube short, 

 about half the length of the sepals; limb 4 lobed, lobes ovate, acute, 

 3 outer opposed to 1 inner. Capsule 17a times the length of the calyx, 

 6 mm long, acute, broadly ovate, compressed, glabrous. — Distinguished 

 by the large broad leaves, racemes shorter than the leaves, and very 

 short corolla-tubes. — Mr. Cheeseman includes this species under V. 

 scditifolia in the „ Manual of the N. Z. Flora," with the note that it is 

 perhaps a distinct species. — This plant was formerly fairly plentiful, 

 but has been almost killed out by goats, and is now found only on cliffs 

 and other places inaccessible to those animals. — Kermadec Islands: 

 Inland cliffs, landslip (Denham Bay), Sunday Island. — Endemic. Re- 

 sembles V. macrocarpa of New Zealand, differing principally in the shorter 

 racemes and corolla-tubes. 



921. Blepharocalyx gigantea Lillo, Contrib. Conoc. Arb. Argent., 67, 

 no. 219 (1910) (nom. mid.); An. Soc. Cient. Arg., LXXII (1911), p. 175. — Eu- 

 blepharocalyx: Ramulis oppositis, glabris, rectis: foliis oppositis, petiolatis, in- 

 tegris, chartaceis, oblongis, acuminatis, glaberrimis nitentibus; nervo medio 

 supra immerso, subtus elevato; venis utraque facie elevatis lamina glandulis 

 pellucidis creberrime obsita. Inflorescentia axillare,septemflora in cymadicho- 

 toma di visa; fiore sessile in quaqua dichotomia. Calycis tubo turbinato, glan- 

 duloso, 4-partito, lacinis concavis caducissimis; petalis 4, deltoideis, ci- 

 liatis. Staminibus numerosissimis plurifariis. Ovario biloculare. loculis 

 12 — 16 obulatis. Bacca globosa, glabra, flavescente. Seminibus 1—2, 

 embryone spiraliter revoluto, radicula longissima, cotyledonibus minu- 

 tissimis. — Nombre vulgar: Horco molle. Cocha molle. — Argentina: 

 Arbol muy comiin en las selvas subtropicales, constituyendo uno de sus 

 principales elementos. La variedad montana se encuentra hasta 1200 

 metros de altitud. — Ejemplares examinados: Provincia de Tucuman, 

 Taff Viejo, altitud 800 metros (Herb. Lillo, no. 258, 24. IX. 1885, florf- 

 fera). — Yerba Buena (Herb. Lillo, no. 2205, 8. I. 1899, fructifera). — 

 Observacion. — En el Boletin de la Oficina Quimica, I, 74, 1888), pu- 

 blique esta especie como Calyptranthes sp. En esa epoca no tenia la 

 bibliografia necesaria para determinar el genero correctamente ni mucho 

 menos la especie. 



Var. montana Lillo, 1. c, p. 175. — A typo fnictibus succulen- 

 tioribus majoribus pluriseminatis (2—4) differt. — Provincia de Tucu- 

 man, Alto de Las Salinas (Herb. Lillo, no. 2843, 10. II. 1902, fructi- 

 fera). - Sierra de San Javier (Herb. Lillo, IX. 1907, florifera). 



