﻿TAB. XXXllI. 



Desfontainia spinosa. 



Desfontainia spinosa. Ruiz et Pav. Fl, Periiv. v. 2. p. 47, 

 t. 18G. Don, in Ed. Jonrn. ofSc. 1831. /•. 275. 



Desfontainia splendens. Hu?nh. et Bonpl. PL Miiuin. v. 1. 

 P^ 157. t. 45. 



Bevania ilicifolia. Bridges in Herb, nostr. 



^. parvi/olia. Desfontainia parvifolia? Do7i, I. c. 



Hab. Woods in the province of Tarma, and between Muna and 

 Pozuzo. Ruiz et Pavon. On Quindiu, in Columbia, at an 

 elevation of 1,200 toises above the level of the sea. Humboldt 

 et Bonpland. Woods near the tovpn of Valdivia, Chili. 

 Bridges {n. 776).—^. Taulia, Andes of Peru. Mathews 

 (w. 1546). 



Frtitex 6—8 pedalls, facie Ilicis aquifolii. Folia opposlta, ovalia, 

 coriacea, glabra, nitida, (juniora subpubescentia), dentatim spinosa: 

 in /3. folia minora, spinse breviores : omnia in peliolum brevem 



attenuata. Pedunculi in ramis terminales, solitarii, unciam longi, 

 uniflori, basi bibracteati. CaJijx 5-paititus, lacinils oblongo- 

 ovalibus, erectis, obtusis, dorso obscure striatis, marginibus ciliatis. 

 Corolla sesquiuncialis, tubiilosa, ore snboblique 3-Iobo patulo, 

 lobig rotundatls subajqualibus. Stamina 5 ad orem inserts, 

 antheris oblongis sessilibus. Germen ovatum, superne pubescens : 

 Stylus elongatus, inclusus : stigma obtusum. 



The fruit I have not seen : nor am I able to say how far Mr. 

 Don is correct in referring this Genus to Gentianea :~an order 

 to which it bears assuredly no external similarity. The plant 

 seems to have a very extensive range. The figure is made from 



Valdi 



ivian specmiens 



Pig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Portion of the corolla, with the 

 stamens, f. 3. pistil : — magnijied. 



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