Mathewsiane. N. O. Ilicinez. 
TAB. CXXXIX. 
ILEX MICROPHYLLA. 
Foliis parvis rotundato-ovatis coriaceis serratis glabris brevissime 
petiolatis, pedunculis brevissimis axillaribus solitariis unifloris 
calycibusque puberulis, corolla 4-loba, stigmate depresso-— 
capitato, drupa 4-pyrena. 
Has. Province of Chacapoyas, Peru. Mathews, 1836. 
Apparently a low rigid shrub, with wrinkled bark, copious 
branches and numerous very small leaves, some almost entirely 
orbicular, others approaching to ovate, obtuse, serrated but not 
very distinctly, coriaceous, rather concave, glossy, with an indis- 
tinct costa on the upper surface ; beneath convex, paler, with a 
slightly prominent midrib. The extremities of the branches, as 
well as the short flower-stalks and 4-lobed calyx, are slightly 
downy. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Corolla laid open. f- 3. Pistil. fi 4. 
Drupe. /f. 5. The same cut open. /. 6. Leaf :—magnified. 
