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barren, but as far as can be judged from habit, they will rank 

 in the same genus. These I shall describe under the generic 

 name which I find attached to the plant in Dr. Gillies's 

 handwriting. 



TREVOA. Miers' MSS. 



Gen. Char. Calyx turbinatus, 5-fidus, persistens, segmen- 

 tis reflexis. Petala cucullata, erecta, stamina includentia. 

 AnthercB uniloculares, rima hippocrepica dehiscens. Discus 

 omnino null us. Gernien superum, magnum, hirsutum, tri- 

 loculare, loculis monospermis. Stylus subulatus, longe 

 exsertus, hirsutissimus. Stigma simplex, acutum. Capsula 

 membranacea, stylo persistente terminata, bivalvis, mono- 

 sperma, loculis duobus abortivis. Semen erectum, ellip- 

 ticum, compressum, fuscum, nitidum, hinc linea longitu- 

 dinali sulcatum. Albumen subtenue, corneum. Embryo 

 erectus, cylindraceus : radicula infera. 



Frutices spinoscs, spinis subulatis hreviusculis cruciatim oppo- 

 sitis. Folia quaterna, majusctila, numerosa, longitudinaliter 

 venosa. Flores fasciculati e tuberculo egredientes, ex axil- 

 lis foUorum et infra basin spinarum. 



Trevoa quinquenervia, [Gill, et Hook.); pubescenti-hirsuta, 

 foliis oblongo-ellipticis integris quinquenerviis subtus in- 

 canis. (Tab. XLV. B.) 



Hab. In convallibus Andium Chilensium : alt. 3500 ped. 

 Nom. vernac. Talguen. 



Rami liguosi, erecti, subvirgati. Folia brevi-petiolata. 

 Flores numerosi, sublonga, pedunculati. Calyx decem- 

 striatus. Fructiis calyce inferne tectus, valde hirsutus. 



Tab. XLV. B. Fig 1, Portion of a branch : — natural size. 

 Fig. 2, Flower. Fig. 3, Section of a flower. Fig. 4, 

 Petal, including a stamen : the pollen having escaped 

 from the anther. Fig. 5, Fruit ; and Jig. 6, Seed : — 

 natural size. Fig. 7, Capsule. Fig. 8, Transverse sec- 

 tion of the pericarp ; showing the single seed and the two 

 abortive cells. Fig. 9, Seed. Fig. 10, Vertical section 

 of do. 



