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durissimum, intus transversim profunde sulcatum: endo- 
carpium - membranaceum (album). Semen solitarium, 
reniforme, breve.—Frutex spinescens glaber. Rami teretes. 
Folia ez gemmis, 2-4-fasciculata, simpliciter pinnata, 
eglandulosa : foliola 7-8, alterna, oblonga, emarginatata, 
nervosa, decidua.—F lores in ramis brevibus spinescentibus 
Jasciculato-corymbosi : pedunculi calycesque pubescentes. 
Petala aureo-flava, eleganter venis rubris picta, carina ez- 
cepta. 
367. (1.) G. decorticans (Gill. mst.) (Tas. CVI.)— Provinces 
of Mendoza, San Luis, and Cordova, Dr. Gillies.— 
Nom. vernac. Chatar.—Dr. Gillies has named this genus 
in memory of the late Mr. Robert Gourlie, who botanized 
successfully at Mendoza, and lately died there.—A 
spinescent shrub, with small leaves, rising sometimes to 
. & height of 16 or 20 feet, and covered with rich yellow - 
blossoms about the end of September and early in Octo- 
ber. ( Gillies.) 
Tas. CVI. Fig. 1, 2. Back and side view of a flower. 
Fig. 3. Stamens and pistil. Zig. 4. Pistil. Fig. 5. Ger- 
men, opened to show the ovules. Fig. 6. Legumes, 
(nat. size.) Fig. 7. The same laid open (nat. size.) Fig. 
8. The same, magnified. Fig.9. Seed. Fig. 10. Em- 
bryo:—all, but fig. 6, magnified. 
368. (1.) Czesalpinia (Sappania) precoz (R. et Pav. Fl. Peruv. 
t. 316. ined.) ; fruticosa spinosa, foliis bipinnatis plerum- 
que uni-quandoquidem bi-tri-jugis, pinnis subsexjugis, 
foliolis oblongis obtusis, floribus racemosis, petalis bre- 
viter unguiculatis superiore latiore, leguminibus mem- 
branaceis compressis oblongis utrinque acutis reticulatim 
venosis sub-4-spermis.—C. Brea, Gill. mst.—Stony 
places above Mendoza, on the road to the Papagayos; 
Dr. Gillies.—Nom. vernac. v-titecA thorny, shri» 3-5- 
feet high. | 
369. (1.) Poinciana Gilliesii, Wall.— Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 1. 
