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¡lab. In aridis saxosis secus Golfo deS. Jorge, aost. I899(C. A.). 



Obs. Frutex metralis et ultra, rigide lignosus, ramis ángulo recio 

 palentissimis elongatis, juuioribus albidis opacis glabris, 

 vetustioribus, epidermide lenui delapsa, castaneis nitentiu- 

 sculis; ramuli etiam ángulo roclo patentissimi numerosi (in- 

 ternodiis 4-10 ram long.) rigidi spiniformes (7-12 mm long. 

 = 1,5-2 mm crass.), quandoque nudi, quandoque alterne re- 

 moteque 2-3-foliati, quandoque fasciculos 1-4-foliosum ge- 

 rentes, saepe ápice floriferi; folia in parlibus junioribus 

 (subherbaceis adhuc) solitaria, in vetustioribus 3-10-fascicu- 

 lala, carnosula glaberrima laevia, quandoque suborbiculato- 

 spathulata (4 mm long. =3 mm lat.) quandoque oblanceo- 

 lata(7-15mm long. = 3-4 mm lat.), anticeobtuse rotunda- 

 la, poslice plus minusve brevissime v. longiuscule cuneato- 

 attenuata, sessilia v. obsolete petiolulata; flores e centro fa- 

 sciculorum sed saepius ex ápice ramulorum spiniformium 

 oxsurgentes, solitarii v. rarius geminati, patentes, pedicello 

 longiusculo gracili (8-10 mm long. = 0,4 mm crass.) glabro 

 nudo fulti; calyx campanulatus (7-8 mm long. et lat.) glaber, 

 ultra médium quinquefidus, lobis Iriangulari-ovatis (4,5 mm 

 long. = 2-2,5 mm lat.) ápice obtusiusculis, cinerascenli-vire- 

 scens v. subpurpurascens ; corolla albo-livescens extus intus- 

 que glabra (15 mm long. = 14 mm lat. lobis expansis), tubo 

 cylindraceo (8-10 mm long. = 3-4 mm diam.), lobis ovatis 

 obtusis (5 mm long. = 4 mm diam.}; stamina 5, ex ima basi 

 corollae exsurgentia sed cum ipsa usque ad médium tubum 

 ferc adnala, fdamentis in parte adnata puberulis, in dimidia 

 infera libera lanuginosis sursum glabris, ex fauce exerta sed 

 peíala non superantia; ovarium conoideum fuscum glabrum 

 stjlo filiformi (10 mm long.) ápice minutecapitato-sligmatoso 

 coronatum. Fructus drupaceus ovato-subglobosus (12 mm 

 diam. et alt.) basi calyce nonnibil accreto cinctus, sordide 

 fusco-lividus glaber exsuccus nubécula glauca adspersus, sae- 

 pe parum sub medio sulco obtuso transverso coarctatus, ápice 

 in cicatrice stvlari vix mucronatus, cortice tenui sublibero; 

 pyrenae(9-10 mm long. = 8 mm lat. = 4 mm crass.) osseae, 

 dorso subliemispliaerico-dimidiatae, facileseparabiles, ventre 

 planae, ápice rotundatae, basi iruncatae, parum supra basin 

 dorso transverse validequc constriclo-sulcatae, in basi ven- 

 trali crasse marginatae, transverse umbilicato-perviae, intus 



