492 Mr. J. Miers on the Tribe Colletiese. 



of 1 line in length ; the peduncle is 1^ line long, the tube of the 

 calyx 1 line long, retrorsely puberulous ; the segments are j 

 line in length; the nervures within the calyx are retrorsely 

 pilose, as in T. trinervis ; the ovary and style are nearly glabrous, 

 and included *. 



5. Trevoa Closiana. Colletia tetrandra, Clos, in Gay, Chile, ii. 

 31 ; fruticosa, 2-pedalis, dumosa, ramis subaphyllis, intri- 

 cato-curvatis, fusco-nigricantibus, rigide spinosis, spinis de- 

 cussatim oppositis, subulatis^ crassiusculis, simplicibus ; foliis 

 minimis, caducissimis, lineari-oblongis, crassis, 3-nerviis, fere 

 integris, margine obsolete crenato, superne obscure viridibus, 

 lucidis, sparsim pilosis, subtus flavido-pallidis et dense 

 pilosis, breviter petiolatis; stipulis majusculis, squamiformi- 

 bus, imo subamplexicaulibus, valde concavis, rubris, glabris, 

 intus parce tomentosis, 2-dentatis ; floribus paucis, e gemma ad 

 basin spin arum versus extremitatem ramorum enatis ; pedun- 

 culo brevissimo, albo-tomentoso, calyce urceolato, imo extus 

 cinereo-piloso, limbi laciniis 4, erectis ; petalis 4, oblongis, 

 valde cucullatis, unguiculatis, laciniis sequilongis, erectis, imo 

 subcoloratis et puberulis; staminibus totidem, iis reconditis, 

 demum inflexis ; ovario niveo-piloso, sub-3-lobo ; stylo brevi, 

 tereti, pilosulo; stigmate obsolete 3-lobo. Chile. v. s. in 

 herb. Mus. Paris; Coquimbo, in via ad Arqueros (Gay, 

 264). 



Dr. Clos, on the authority of M. Gay, describes this as a 

 low-growing shrub, about 2 feet high, with intricately twisted 

 branches, which are armed with numerous simple spines, half an 

 inch in length, and a similar distance apart. They are often 

 leafless ; the extremely deciduous leaves are very small, almost 

 entire, or crenulated on their margin ; they are linear-oblong, 

 and 1 to 3 lines in length. The small white flowers, which be- 

 come dark in drying, are 4-merous, and scarcely exceed a line 

 in length, including their very short peduncle, and half a line 

 in diameter. The stamens are hidden within the short cucul- 

 late petals, the anthers, after dehiscence, becoming peltate, as in 

 the other species of the genus. It is known by its vernacular 

 name of Abrojo, which in Spanish signifies a bramble. These 

 characters are all quite in accordance with those of Trevoa-f. 



[To be continued.] 



* This species will be represented in the ' Contributions/ Plate 40 D. 

 t A figure of this plant will be given in the same work, Plate 41 A. 



