270 Mr. J. Miers on the Tribe Colletiese. 



stout membranes, — the base of the calyx, the disk, and the ad- 

 hermg portion of the epicarp. The seeds are oval, dark brown, 

 hard and polished, like those of CoUcfia. The stipules are veiy 

 conspicuous, especially ia the young tloriferous branchlets ; here 

 they form in each axil a minute hollow navicular cup, with two 

 erect, obtuse, ciliated, red, membranaceous lobes, connected with 

 those of the opposite stipule by a short membranaceous vaginant 

 sheath ; the petiole springs out of the sinus between the lobes, 

 and the three peduncles grow out of the hollow of the cup*. 



Dombey's jilant, labelled as from Peru, is beyond doubt from 

 Chile. Germain's specimens were distributed under the name 

 of Trevoa 3-nervis. 



3. Notoph(2na cognata, n. sp. ; — ramis clongatis, virgatis, angu- 

 lato-striatis, glaberrimis, spinosis, spinis longiusculis, pun- 

 gentibus, medio foliiferis ; ramulis junioribus floriferis, sub 

 spinis ortis eisque multo longioribus; foliis oppositis, ellip- 

 tico-oblongis, crenato-serratis, basi latioribus vix acutis, e 

 medio summum versus gradatim angustioribus, ibi obtusis et 

 emarginatis, sub lente utrinque sparsim pilosulis, supra viri- 

 dibus, subtus pallide glaucis, petiolo canaliculato, puberulo ; 

 stipulis vaginaque transversa conspicuis ; floribus 2-4, fasci- 

 culatis, peduuculis elongatis, petiolo ealyceque 2-4-plo lon- 

 gioribus, glabris ; calyce glabro, tubo urceolato 4-fido, stami- 

 nibus 4, laciniis paulo brevioribus, crectis; ovario piloso, 

 stylo elongato, tubo longiore, glabro. — Insula Chiloe. — v. s. 

 in herb, meo (Capt. King). 



This species is intermediate between the foregoing and the 

 following one, and is distinguished by its more slender branches, 

 larger cmavginated leaves, the greater length of its peduncles, 

 and its tetramerous flowers. Its floriferous branchlets measure 

 3 or 4 inches, its spines about \h inch; its leaves are 1 inch 

 long, I inch broad, on a petiole 2 lines in length ; its peduncles 

 arc 3 lines long, the tube of the calyx 1 line long, the same in 

 diameter, and the lobes of its border nearly of equal length f. 



4. Notophana discolor. Colletia discolor, Hook. Icon. 538; 

 Hook.fiL Flor. Ant. ii. 255 ; liicli,. Voij. Astrol. p. , pi. 14; 

 — frondosa, glaberrima, ramulis terctibus, strictis, substriatis, 

 fusco-rubris, spinosis, s])i)iis patentibus, longiusculis, valdc 

 ])ungentibus, apiccm versus foliiferis; ramulis junioribus flo- 

 rigeris sub sj)inis enatis, elongatis ; foliis oppositis, oblongis 

 obovatisve, obtusis, argute scrrulatis, margine subrevoluto, in 

 petiolum brcvem attenuatis, supra viridibus, subtus pallide 



* Tills sjiecios, with analjtical details, will be seen in Plate 37 B of the 

 ' Contributions.' 



t A sketch of this plant will be shown in Plate 37 c of the same work. 



