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masculinis. Rachis glabra undique squamosa, squamis 

 horizontalibus ovato-subcordatis, disco superne stamini- 

 feris. Stamina 9-14. Filamenta brevia, basi unita. An- 

 thercB oblongo-ovales, biloculares, loculis appositis, longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollen sph£Ericum, pallide 

 aureo-flavum. Flos fcemineus ad basin amenti, bibracteati. 

 Bractece ovato-cordatae, acuta? ad basin germinis. Ger- 

 men subrotundum, leeve, biloculare, loculis monospermis. 

 Styli duo, vel si mavis, stylus bipartitus, superne glan- 

 duliferus, (ubi stigmata,) segmentis subulatis. Capsula 

 didyma, dicocca, fere unciam lata, fusca: coccis subro- 

 tundis paululum globoso-subcompressis ad marginem 

 acutiusculis, ad angulos dehiscentibus, monospermis. 

 Semen pendulum, sphaericum. Albumen copiosum. Em- 

 bryo immersus, versus basin albuminis. Cotyledones ro- 

 tundatse, planae, ad hilum versae. 



In the present species the seed is not fully ripe, and hence 

 perhaps it has arisen that the albumen did not occupy all its 

 cavity. It appears to have shrunk to a small space in the 

 centre of the seed. 



Fig. 1, Amentum of flowers : the single female flower below. 

 Fig. 2, Scale bearing the stamens, from which many of 

 the stamens have been removed. Fig. 3, Section of the 

 germen, showing the ovules. Fig. 4, Capsule: — nat. size. 

 Fig. 5, Seed : — nat. size. Fig. 6, Section of do. scarcely 

 ripe, and showing the contracted albumen : — nat. size. 

 Fig. 7, Section of the albumen, showing the embryo, 

 slightly magnified : — all but Jig. 5 and 6, mo7'e or less 

 magnified. 



2. Colliguaja salicifolia, {Gill, et Hook.); foliis lanceolatis ob- 

 scure glanduloso-serratis acutissimis, capsulis triangulari- 

 bus tricoccis angulis acutis. 



Hab. In Andibus Chilensibus prope " La Guardia," in 

 valle fluminis "Aconcagua:" alt. 5000 ped. 



