138 



hoi-izontally when wet, contrary to what is usual among 

 mosses. 



Fig. 1, Small tuft : — natural size. Fig. 2, Plant : — magnified. 

 Fig. 3, Leaf. Fig. 4, Perichaetium and Leaf. Fig. 5, 

 Single perichaetial leaf. Fig. 6, Operculum. Fig. 7, 

 Portion of the capsule, and of the inner and outer fringe. 

 Fig. 8, Portion of the hair point of a leaf: — all more or 

 less magnified. 



[TAB. XXXIX. XL.] 



ON THE GENUS COLLIGUAJA OF MOLINA, 

 With an Account of three new Species. 



The genus Colliguaja has been so imperfectly defined by its 

 author, the Abbe Molina, that succeeding botanists have had 

 much difficulty in determining where it ought to be placed, 

 whether among the Crotons, or whether it had sufficient 

 claims to rank as a distinct genus. It is therefore with no 

 small pleasure that I have received from Dr. Gillies no less 

 than four distinct species of the genus, and one in so perfect 

 a state, both as to flowers and fruit, as to enable me to 

 publish almost a complete figure of the essential parts of the 

 fructification. 



The only edition of Molina's History of Chili to which I 

 have access, is that in two vols. 8vo. published in English in 

 1809, and translated from the original Italian, with notes 

 from the Spanish and French versions, and two appendixes 

 by the English editor. The plant called Colliguay is there 

 noticed in two places: Istly, at p. 129 of vol. 1, where it is 

 said, that " The wood of Colliguay (Colliguaja, nov. gen.) 

 when burnt, exhales a very agreeable smell, like roses, 

 without producing the least inconvenience:" and 2dly, at 



