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212, 
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two-valved. With Zygophyllee and some’ 2anthoxylee 
it agrees in the opposite leaves, but the shape of the em- 
bryo, and absence of albumen, oppose its union with them. 
- (L) Coriaria ruscifolia, Linn.— Conception, Messrs. 
Lay and Collie ; Cuming (N. 146.) 
(1.) Maytenus Chilensis, DC.— Valparaiso, Dr. Gillies ; 
Mr. Cruckshanks ; Bridges ; Cuming (NN. 608.) ; Messrs. 
Lay and Collie.—Molina describes his M. Boaria to 
have 2 stamens and one seed, which has led to some 
doubt of its being the same as the present species: but 
there seems to be only one Chilian species known by the 
name of Mayten. We possess both the broad and nar- 
row-leaved states mentioned by De Candolle, which pass, 
however; into each — 
(1.) Cid yeni Schrad.—DC.— lex acut- 
angula, Nees et Mart .—Uraguay, Baird. . Entre Rios, 
Tweedie. 
(2.) Celastrus? rhombifolius (Hook. et. pun foliis 
alternis exacte rhomboideis utrinque angulo spinuloso- 
mucronato apice nervo excurrente spinosis coriaceis 
supra nitidis integerrimis basi in petiolum perbrevem 
attenuatis, floribus axillaribus glomeratis subsessilibus, 
petalis calyce extus pubescente minoribus oblongis car- 
nosis (seruginosis).—Jlex cuneifolia, B. ? Bonariensis, 
Lamn.— DC.—San Luis, Dr. Gillies. Dry banks of the 
Uraguay, Tweedie.—The plant of Lamark is evidently 
the same as ours, although that author, probably from an 
imperfect specimen, asserts that the flowers are solitary. . 
The calyx has a valvular szestivation, itis 5-cleft, the base 
inside being covered with a smooth fleshy disk, from the 
margins of which arise the petals, alternate with, and 
scarcely so long as the calycine segments. "They are 
thick and fleshy, and of a fine bright-green colour. The 
stamens are inserted on the calycine segments about 
their middle: filaments very short: anthers bilocular. 
