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CoLLETIA HORRIDA. BrisTLING CoOLLETIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ruamneaz. ) 
_ Generic Character. 
Calyx campanulatus, membranaceus, coloratus. Petala 
o, vel minutissima, linearia. Stamina antheris ovatis bilo- 
cularibus vel reniformibus unilocularibus. Discus brevis, 
cu formis, fundo calycis adnatus. Ovarium liberum, 
triloculare. Stylus simplex, elongatus. Fructus basi caly- 
cis tubo persistente cinctus, tricoccus, dehiscens. Semina 
sessilia. Brongn. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Couteria * horrida ; spinis yalidis, florum fasciculis sparsis, 
calycibus ovato-cylindraceis, antheris subsessilibus. 
Coxtuetia horrida. Brongn. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. v. 10, p. 
366. t. 14. f. 1. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1776. (non Willd.) 
Coretia ferox. Gill. et Hook. Bot. Mise. v. 1. p. 154. t. 
A4. B. 
A singular but not very ornamental plant, belonging toa 
Genus remarkable for its spinescent character, natives of the 
temperate, and chiefly extratropical parts of South America; 
growing in sandy places, and seeming to occupy such spots 
as the Whin or Furze does with us. Leaves only exist 
in young plants, or the tender shoots; in age they seem 
almost made up of spines ; but in none in so extraordinary 
a 
* Named in compliment to a French Botanist of the name of CoLLET, of 
whom little is known, except that he studied the plants of Brazil, 
the system of the celebrated TouRNEFORT. 
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