13 



1880). 



1898) 



Tricuspidaria hexapetala, Tnrcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 vol. xxxvi. (1863), pars i. p. 576 ; Nichols. Diet. Gard. vol. iv. 

 p. 87, fig. 99. 



Tricuspidaria dependens, Hook. 1, Bot. Mag. t. 7160 (excl. synon. 



nonnull.) ; J. H. Veitch, Hortus Veitchii, pp. ,iS, 293 ; non Ruiz 

 et Pav. 



Tricuspidaria Hookeriana, R. 0. Cunningham, Nat. Hist. Strait 

 Magell. (1871), pp. 312, 433. 



A small evergreen tree, attaining a height of 3-5 m.* Confined 

 to the provinces of Valdivia and Llanquihue, and the island of 

 Chiloe, where it is found in moist, wooded, low-lying situations. 

 The range of the species is approximately from 39° to 43° S. lat. 

 It is known by the following native names : — Chequehue, Chaquei- 

 hua, and Polisones. 



According to F. W. Neger (I.e.), a gall named Erineum Grino- 

 dendri is produced by Phytoptus on the leaves of T. lanceolata ; 

 and nearly every specimen of T. lanceolata in the Kew Herbarium 

 has what appears to be the gall in question on the under surface 

 of its leaves. 



Valdivia. Philippi ; near Corral, Bridges, 613 ; between 

 Corral and San Carlos, Lechler, 269. 



Llanquihue. Region of the Rio Manso, in woods of the 

 littoral zone (ex Reiche, teste Just. Bot. Jahresb. vol. xxvi. pars i. 

 p. 566). 



Chiloe. Lobb; Reed; King; Cuming, 22; Gulf of Ancud, 

 Oscuro Cove, Cunningham. 



2. Tricuspidaria dependens, Ruiz et Pav. Prodr. (1794), p. 64, 

 t. 36 ; Syst. p. 112 ; PL Peruv. et Chil. vol. iv. t. 403 ; DC. Prodr. 

 vol. i. p. 520 ; A. Cruckshanks, in Hook. Bot. Misc. vol. ii. (1831), 

 p. 172 ; Hook, et Am. in Hook. Bot. Misc. vol. iii. (1833), p. 155 ; 

 C. Gay, Fl. Chil. vol. i. p. 338 ; Miers in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 Ser. IV. vol. ii. (1868), p. 50 ; Contrib. Bot. vol. ii. p. 186 ; 

 F. Philippi, Cat. PI. Vase. Chil. p. 31 ; N. L. Britton in Bull. Torr. 

 Bot. Club, vol. xvi. (1889), p. 157 ; Neger in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 vol. xxiii. p. 378 (1896); Introd. Fl. Concepcion, p. 40 (Ann. 

 Univ. Chile, 1897) ; W. Wats, in Gard. Chron. Ser. III. vol. xxxviii. 

 (1905), p. 306 ; Sprague in Bot. Mag. t. 8115. 



Tricuspis dependens, Pers. Syn. vol. ii. (1807), p. 9. 



Tricuspidaria Patagua, Miers, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. IV. 

 vol. ii. (1868), p. 51, excl. syn. Crinodendron Patagua, Mol. ; 

 Contrib. Bot. vol. ii., p. 187, t. 82. 



Crinodendron Patagua, K. Schum. in Engl, und Prantl., 

 Pflanzenfam. vol. iii., pars, vi., p. 6, t. 1, fig. C-E (1890) ; Reiche, 

 Fl. Chile, vol. i., p. 266 ; non Molina nee Cav. 



* The ' height of 30 ft.," given in Gard. Chron. Oct. 1905, p. 306, for T. lanceolata, 

 Miq., i 3 copied from Miers's description of T. Patagua, Miers, and refers properly 

 to T. dependens, Ruiz et Pav. 



