﻿TAB. XII. 



jExtoxicum punctatum. 



-32xtoxicum punctatum. Ruiz et Pav. SysL Veget Fl Peruv. 

 et Chilp. 260, 



Hab. Woods in the Provinces of Conception, Cauquenes, 

 Puchacay, Rere and Irata. Ruiz et Pavo7U In the immense 

 woods of the Province of Valdivia {n. 558) ; and at Cujon 

 de San Pedro, Quillota {n. 505), Bridges. 

 "A sombi-e looking Tree, 50 feet in height, forming immense 

 woods" [Bridges). Young branches clothed with ferruginous 

 scales. Leaves mostly opposite, evergreen, glabrous above, 

 whitish and mealy with rusty scales beneath. Flowers in axil- 

 lary recemes. I regret that I am unable to say with certainty 

 to what Order this tree should be referred; probably to 

 Fujjhorhiacece . It is omitted by Professor Lindley in his «' Nat. 

 System of Botany." The plant is dioecious. Female flowers 

 I have not seen ; and only a solitary specimen of a scarcely 

 mature fruit, from which I extracted a large embryo, such as is 

 represented at/. 11.* 



Fig. 1. Male flower with the exterior furfuraceous calyx 

 bursting irregularly, 4. 4. 4. Three outer sepals of the inner calyx, 

 removed from/ 3. where the three inner sepals of the same remain 

 attached to the flower. / 2. Flower from which the outer and 

 inner calyx are removed, showed the unexpanded petals, 5 in 

 number. / 5. Flower expanded ; in which state the double calyx 

 has fallen away. f. 6. Petal, to show the longitudinal lamella. 

 /• 7. Side view of the same, the petals being removed, and,/ 8, ITie 

 5 nectaries surrounding the abortive pistil ; one stamen remain- 

 ing to show its insertion. / 9. Stamen. / 10. Drupa {nat. 

 ^ize). f. 11, Embryo:— all but/ 10 more or less magnified. 



♦ Planks and beams are made of the wood, and the berries are said to be a 

 powerful poison to goats, whence arises the generic name given by Ruiz and 

 Pavon. 



