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V.-THE SYNONYMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE 



SPECIES OF TRICUSPID AB I A. 



T. A. Sprague. 



Introduction. 



The 



and 



family 



Drude's " Chilian Wood Region " (Atlas der Pflanzenverbreitung, 

 No. vii., Region 28), except that Tricuspidaria apparently does 

 not extend farther south than the island of Chiloe. If we follow 

 Ball (in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot., vol. xxii., p. 140), however, in 

 taking the parallel of 41° S. as the boundary between the " Chilian 

 Wood Region" and the "Antarctic Wood Region" / Drnde. I.e.. 



(^Drude, I.e., 



Kegion 29), then the area occupied by Tricuspidaria practically 

 coincides with the former region. In connection with their dis- 

 tribution it is interesting to note that both species of Tricuspidaria 



th ^ r , 



Bot. Jahrb., vol. xxiii., p. 378. 



The closest relationship of Tricuspidaria is undoubtedly with 

 Bubouzetta, Panch., which is endemic, in N«w rUutaiiia 



SSf JT fo ?? ded ° n D - eampantdata, Panch., and was 

 rw S y tllst, ff nshed f ™ Tricuspidaria by the following 



teSiSSl entlFe ; , 8tamen8 more ""nerous (about 35)1 

 f 1%H P i 7 Q ( nT gn - et 1 GHs ' in Bul1 - Soc - Bot - f'^nce, vol. viii. 



waV^in inVi' nu ? ber of cells of the °vary and capsule 



Ku" ff ne ? c descri P«on as 5, and that of the „vu1,s in 



(id < 14L ,°;i 2 - *!*J!"« later, ho wever, Brongniart and 



which hiil fihmif on * "^ w ^> ■"• vw/um ana iA xim h>ra, 

 niiH-n nau about 2;) stamens a 'Ll ,,». •* r , n i J I 



causule and 6 ^^i^ . ,» a ,3 *' or o-5-colled ovary ami 



and an excellent Jlljn' fc h>) the ? ^ ve a f «Uer description 



that the capsule t^££ffl5*& fl "° m J""* ifc *™»** 



imperfectly loculicid,! K ^^Uarmmly septicidal and 



hand; is toLSTwlth JvS . CapSU i e ° f Dl e ^"* s > ° n the other 



split 'or none at o hat tL dS^*' S*** 1 ° f a s ^ ticidal 



eta* and TricusriZrfa \T t nct [ 0n drawn between Dwftm- 



now breaks a^T^XHPSf * e d ^iscence of the fruit, 



■ ^^ ^* v^| v% & % JL * r J 



des Tiliacees" 

 only difference 



Herbarium.] 



Adanson a vol v .^moire sur le groupe 



between 7V/ „ ' Z '• V ' 55j B, 'l }t ' ]866 ) that the 

 he W riSTSP" ."4 VuZouzetia lay in the 



- »sri* thc « s .^.^^.^ - ; ~ 



/iff nut 



