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masculinis, Rachis glabra undique squamosa, squamis 

 horizontalibus ovato-subcordatis, disco superne stamini- 

 feris. Stamina 9-14. Filamenta brevia, basi units. An- 

 thercB oblongo-ovales, biloculares, loculis appositis, longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollen sphsericum, pallide 

 aureo-flavum. Flos /(Bmineus ad basin amenti, bibracteati. 

 Bracte<B ovato-cordatse, acutae ad basin germinis, Ger- 

 men subrotundum, laeve, biloculare, loculis monospermis. 

 Styli duo, vel si mavis, stylus bipartitus, superne glan- 

 duliferus, (ubi stigmata,) segmentis subulatis. Capsula 

 didjma, dicocca, fere unciain lata, fusca: coccis subro- 

 tundis paululum globoso-subcompressis ad marginem 

 acutiusculis, ad angulos dehiscentibus, monospermis. 

 Semen pendulum, sphaericum. Albumen copiosum. Emr 

 hryo imraersus, versus basin albuminis. Cotykdoms ro~ 

 tundatae, planae, ad hilum versae. 



In the present species the seed is not fully ripe, and hence 

 perhaps it has arisen that the albumen did not occupy all its 

 cavity. It appears to have shrunk to a small space in the 

 centre of the seed. 



Fig- I) Amentum of floweVs : the single female flower below. 

 Fi9' 2, Scale bearing the stamens, from which many of 

 the stamens have been removed. Fig. 3, Section of the 

 germen, showing the ovules. Fig. ^t Capsule :—7iaf. size. 

 Fig. 5, Seed -.—mt size. Fig. 6, Section of do. scarcely 

 ripe, and showing the contracted albumen :—wa^. size, 

 Fig. 1, Section of the albumen, showing the embryo, 

 s%htly magnified :— all but ^g. 5 and 6, more or less 

 fnagnijied. 



2. CoUiguaja salicifoliay {Gill, et Hook.)', foliis lanceolatis ob- 

 scure glanduloso-serratis acutissimis, capsulis triangulari- 

 ous tricoccis angulis acutis. 



Hab. In Andibus Chilensibus prope « La Guardia," in 

 vallefluminis "Aconcagua:" alt. 5000 ped. 



