Tab. 7160. 

 TRICUSPIDARIA dependent 



Native of Chili. 



K"at. Ord. Tiliace.e. — Tribe ELAEOCARrJu:. 

 Genus TsiCUSFIDABIA, Suiz §• Pav.; (Benth. Hoolc.f. 8f Gen PI., vol. i. p. 240.) 



Trictjspidaria dependens, Puiz <§• Pav. Syst.Fl. Peruv. S( Gkil. 112 (1798) ; Gen. 

 PL Ft. Per. St Chil. 64, t. 36; Ic. tried, t. 403; DC. Prodi: vol. i. p. 520; 

 C. Gay Fl. Chil. vol. i. p. 338 ; Hook. Bot. Misc. vol. iii. p. 155 ; Miers 

 Contrib. vol. ii. p. 186. 



T. Patagua, Miers Contrib. vol. ii. p, 182. 



Tricuspis depetidens, Pers. Syn. vol. ii. p. 9. 



Crinodendron Patagua, Car. Diss. vol. v. p. 300, t. 158 (1793); Hook. Bot. 

 Misc. vol. iii. p. 156, t, ICO ; Miers Contrib. vol. ii. p. 187, t. 82. 



O. Hookerianum, Miers Contrib. I. c. p. 189, t. 83. 



Patagua (Cinodendrou) Mol. Chil. ; Ed. Angl. vol. i. p. 146. 



A small tree, attaining the height of thirty feet, appa- 

 rently widely spread in the Chilian valleys, from Santiago 

 in Lat. 34° S. to the island of Chiloe in Lat. 44° S. It 

 was first noticed by Molina, who alludes to it in his 

 " Saggio sulla storia Naturale del Chili," published in 

 Bologna in 1782, a work translated into German, French, 

 and English, and was subsequently described by Cavanilles 

 from a drawing given him by Molina, as Crinodendron 

 Patagua, a name which would be entitled to adoption 

 were it not that the description is so imperfect and mis- 

 leading that no botanist could have recognized the plant 

 by it. This has led to its rejection by the elder De Candolle 

 and most subsequent authors, for that given by Ruiz and 

 Pavon. The late Mr. Miers, indeed, regarded Cusjtidaria 

 and Crinodendron as distinct genera, and further attempted 

 to distinguish two species of Tricwpidaria, namely a T. 

 dependent, R. & P., from South Chili, and T. Patagua, 

 Miers (T. dependens, Boole. Bot. 3Jisc. ; Crinodendron 

 Patagua, Molina and C. Gay), a native of the central pro- 

 vinces of Chili. The genus Crinodendron he confines to the 

 C. Patagua, of Hook. Bot. Misc. (not of Molina), and 

 names it C. Hookerianum, giving it the geographical area 

 of South Chili and the Island of Chiloe. 



BAVABX 1ST, 1891. 



