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alternantia, disco hypogyno inserta unguiculata, ungue . 
tenui, limbo orbiculato, crenulato, dorso sericeo: csfiva- 
tio imbricata. Stamina 10, basi monadelpha: anthere 
subrotunde, biloculares, extus carnosz intus albido-mem- 
branaceze; dehiscentes. Germen unicum, sericeo-pilosum, 
trilobum, 3-loculare: ovula solitaria, pendula: styli 3, 
. distincti, clavati, apice truncati tubulosi. Fructus seri- 
ceo-pilosus, siccus, indehiscens, 3-lobus, 3-locularis, 
lobis dorso penicillo denso longo horizontali pilorum 
(atro-purpureorum) fasciculatorum instructis. Semina 
solitaria, pendula: embryo curvatus.—Frutex adpresso- 
sericeus. Rami oppositi, spinescentes, ramuli ultimi oppo-- 
siti, brevissimi; folia 2 vel 4 floresque paucos gerentes. 
Folia opposita, anguste lanceolata, rigida, obscure uniner- 
via, brevissime petiolata, petiolis basi coadunatis nunc 
alternis, viz unciam longa lineamque lata, decidua. Flores 
terminales, aurantiaci, pedunculati, pedunculus semiunciam 
153. (L.) Tricomaria Usillo (Hook. et Arn.)—(Tas. CL)— 
Banisteria Usillo, Gill. mst.— Province of Mendoza, Dr. 
Gillies.—Nom. vernac. Usillo. Itis allied to Banisteria, 
but, instead of wings to the fruit, has three remarkable 
and beautiful long tufts of dark purple, stiff and some- 
what elastic hairs. cox 
Tas. Cl.—Fig. 1. Flower. Fig. 2. Stamens. Fig. 3- 
Anther. | Fig. 4. Sinis (young) Fig. 5. The same, 
wih the tufts of hairs removed. Fig. 6. The same, cut 
decree Gs 7. Leaf:—magnified. 
+ 
m pm Pe (Hook. et deis totum 
velutino-pubescens foliaque subtus przecipue, foliis biter- 
natis, foliolis ovatis acutis inciso-serratis, capsulis magnis 
obovatis apiculatis coriaceo-membranaceis pubescentibus 
reticulatis, tori glandulis linearibus brevibus.— Missions 
of Brasil, Tweedie.’ This does not appear to agree with 
any known species, although all of them are subject to 
great variation: it approaches most to. C. parviflorum, 
