226. 
227. 
228. 
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we possess no fruit, but its habit is that of the preced- 
ing species. 
(3.) Retanilla £rinervia (Hook. et Arn.); spinosa, foliosa, 
glabra, foliis ellipticis crenatis 3-nerviis utrinque viridibus, 
nervis pellucidis, ramis floriferis nonnunquam aphyllis, 
calycibus urceolatis subpubescentibus pistillo longiori- 
bus, capsula nucumentacea.— Trevoa, Miers mst.—Tre- 
voa trinervis, Gill. et Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 1. p. 159.— 
El Peral (Chili), Dr. Gillies. Valparaiso, Bridges; 
Mathews (N. 162.) : Cuming (N. 132 and 641.) —Nom. 
vernac. Trebu or Trevo.—Although the flower agrees 
with that of Talguenea, yet a specimen in fruit from Mr. 
Cuming, which accompanies the one in flower, shows an 
exceedingly hard fruit like that of R. Ephedra, so that 
we have found it necessary to remove it here. 
(1.) Talguenea costata, Miers Chili, v. 9. p. 529.—Tre- 
voa quinquenervia, Gill et Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 1. 
p. 158. t. 45. B.—Valleys of the Andes of Chili, Dr. 
Gillies.—Nom. vernac. Talguen.—It is of the “ Talguen” 
that Miers constituted his genus, and his name we there- 
fore adopt, particularly as the ** Trebu” or “ Trevo,” for 
which alone he proposed his genus — is now a | 
species of Retanilla. 
(1.) Gomi ulmifolia (Hook. et inh « foliis seit ; 
ovatis grosse crenato-serratis utrinque glabris rugosis 
subtus nervis venisque transversalibus prominentibus, 
. petiolo pedunculisque pubescentibus, racemis simplici- 
bus axillaribus terminalibusque folio subduplo longiori- 
. bus, floribus delapsis paniculatim dispositis, fructüs alis 
crassis semiorbicularibus.—Climbing on high trees by 
the Uraguay, Tweedie.—This species is closely allied to 
G. Domingensis, with which it agrees in the shape and 
structure of the fruit: the "— sesto — -— 
iiia in the two, : 
229. T 1.) Casearia oblongifolia, St. Hil. 1. Fl. rea Merid. v. 2. 
