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finitimum legit Macrae. 1825. — In Andibus Chilensibus 

 in valle " del Fray Carlos," prope radices mentis igni- 

 vomi " Peteroa;" alt. 7500 ped. Gillies. 



Folia 8 lineas longa, plerumque integerrima, nunc obscure 

 serrata, subtus minus tomentoso-nivea quam in reliquis. 



Most of my specimens of this species are derived from 

 the same source as Mr. Lindley's, and I am indebted for them 

 to the liberality of the Horticultural Society. 



2. Macraea parvifolia; foliis subtus niveis venis obscuris, 

 ramis arachnoideis pedunculis folio brevioribus. Lindl. 



Macrsea parvifolia. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. v. 25. p. 204. 



Hab. Cum precedente legit Macrae. 



3. Macrsea rosea; foliis (integerrimis) distantibus subtus 

 niveis eglandulosis, ramis pubescentibus, pedunculis elon- 

 gatis. Lindl. (Tab. L.) 



Macraea rosea. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. v. 25. p. 204. 



Hab. Ad Cumbre, Andium claustrum, Novembre floridam 

 legit Macrae. In Chile, a Guardia usque ad Primera 

 Quebrada. L>. Cruickshanks. — In summum fere montis 

 altissimi Chilensis, " San Pedro Nolasco" dicti. Gillies. 



Friitex, ut videtur, parvus, pedalis et ultra, erectus vel subde- 

 cumbens, ramis oppositis, vetustioribus glabris, fuscis 

 nitidis; junioribus gracilibus tereti-filiformibus, pubescen- 

 tibus. Folia opposita, remotiuscula, ovata, brevissime 

 petiolata, patentia vel reflexa, integerrima, oblique ner- 

 vosa, superne atroviridia, appresse pubescenti-pilosa, sub- 

 tus niveo-tomentosa, marginibus planis. PanicidcB breves, 

 terminales, bis-terve di-trichotomae. Pedunculi pedicellive 

 basi bibracteati; bracteis inferioribus foliiformibus; su- 

 perioribus minutis, lanceolatis. Calyx pubescens, ore 

 paululum contractus, basi abrupte constrictus. Corolla 

 rosea, longe unguiculata, venosa, venis intra marginem 

 unitis. 



Fig. 1, Calyx. Fig. 2, Petal. Fig. 3, Stamens, with the ac- 

 companying gland. Fig. 4, Pistil. Fig. 5, Style and 



