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PaTAGONULA, Linn.; Patagonica, Dill. 
Calyx parvus, fere ad basin 5-partitus, laciniis zequalibus, demum in fructu valde auctis. Corolla tubu- | 
losa, tubo calycem zquante subcampanulato, subplicatim 5-sulcato, limbi laciniis 5, ovatis, obtusis, ] 
expansis, in wstivatione apicibus incurvis centro conniventibus. Stamina 5, laciniis alterna ; fila- 
menta filiformia, imo latiora, supra basin tubi inserta, exserta; anthere ovate, 2-lobe, introrse, 
medio dorsi affix, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium superum, conice ovatum, disco 4-lobo | 
insitum, 4-loculare, ovulis in quoque loculo solitariis, e basi erectis, atropis. Stylus bis bifidus ; | 
stigmata 4, parva, subelavata. Drupa parva, exsucca, ovato-globosa, stylo apiculata, calyce valde 
aucto subcoriaceo nitido stellatim dilatato cireumdata, monopyrena ; pyren subglobosus, imo breviter 
stipitatus, apice rostratus, osseus, 4-locularis, loculis 2 зере abortivis: semen conico-oblongum, 
apice micropylo notatum, ad basin angulum versus hilo cum chalaza subconfuso affixum ; integu- 
menta 2, tenuia, albida, raphe nulla; embryo exalbuminosus, radicula tereti, supera, cotyledonibus 2 
longitudinaliter multiplicatis multo breviore. 
Arbuscule Americe meridionalis, ramosissime : folia elliptica vel lanceolato-oblonga, glabra aut pilosula, 
sepe dentata, petiolata : panicule azillares vel terminales, dichotome multidivise, sepe pubescentes, 
ramis tenuissimis ; flores parvi, ebracteati. 
1. PATAGONULA AMERICANA, Linn. Gen. Pl. (1737) р. 45; Poir. Dict. v. 57; Lam. Illust.. 
424. n. 1915, tab. 96; Cham. in Linn. iv. 492; Fres. in Mart. Fl. Br. fasc. xix. p. 27: 
Patagonica, Dill. Elth. (1732), p. 304, tab. 226. f. 203: Cordia Patagonula, Dryand. in 
Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. 259: Petrea dentata, Spr. Sys. ii. p. 76: ramosissima, ramis tere- 
tibus, tenuibus, striatis, lenticellis albidis rugulosis, patentim longe rufo-hirtulis, 
rarius demum subglabris, in axillis presertim hirtis; foliis alternis, interdum binis, 
oblongo-ellipticis, aut lanceolato-oblongis, imo angustioribus, apice obtusis vel sub- 
acutis, seepius remote grosse serratis, marginibus nervigeris plus minusve ciliatis, 
submembranaceis, valde reticulatis, utrinque glabris, supra pallide viridibus, in costa 
nervisque suleatis, subtus pallidioribus, costa nervisque prominulis, in junioribus 
minute pellucido-punctatis ; petiolo tenui, canaliculato, limbo 15-20plo breviore: 
paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus, dichotome multidivisis, ramis tenuibus, rugu- 
losis, hirsutis; floribus parvis, pedicellatis; calyce pallide membranaceo, fere ad 
basin 5-fido, lobis oblongis, erectis, extus glandulis fuscis piliferis punctatis, margine 
longe ciliatis; corolla glabra, tubo campanulato, calycem sequante, laciniis 5 :equi- 
longis, acute ovatis, expansis, minute pellucido-punctatis; staminibus imo insertis, 
exsertis; ovario glabro, subconico, 4-loculari; stylo bis bifido: drupa parva, api- 
culata, calyce valde aucto cireumdata, laciniis spathulato-oblongis, emarginatis, reti- 
culatis, radiatim expansis. In Patagonia: v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit. ex hb. Mill. in 
hort. Warner. cult. 
This species is well distinguished from P. glabra, which has been confounded with it, 
by its larger, more membranaceous, more deeply dentate leaves, hispid branchlets, and 
many other characters. The axils of its branches are 1—3 in. apart; the leaves are 
2-21 in. long, 3-15 in. broad, on slender petioles 2 lines long. The panicles are 1-13 in. 
long; the pedicels 3 line long; the calyx 1 Нпе long; the tube of the corolla and seg- 
ments each 1 line; the lobes of the fructiferous calyx, according to Dillen, are 6 lines 
long, 2 lines broad. 
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