273 Mr. J. Miers on the Tribe Colletie^. 



' Linnsea/ as above quoted. The absence of spines, tbe want of 

 petals, and other characters show not only that it belongs to 

 this genuSj but also that it is very closely allied to the preceding 

 and following species. 



7. Noiophana Andinu, n. sp.; — suffruticosa, humilis, inermis, 

 procumbens ; ramulis lignosis, subtortuosis, nodosis, foliosis ; 

 foliis oppositis, e gemmulis axillaribus elongatis squamosis 

 productis, ovatis, utrinque obtusiusculis, aut basi acutioribus, 

 iutegerrimis, crassiusculis, ubique parce pilosulis, supra viri- 

 dibus, subtus pallide glaucis, penninerviis, petiolo brevi cana- 

 liculato pubere; stipulis imo latis, rubris, 2-fidis,ciliatis, inter se 

 connexis; floribus paucis, subaggregatis ; pedunculo 1-floro, 

 petiolo longiorc, piloso, erecto ; calyce rigide puberulo, limbo 

 5-fido, staminibus 5 laciniis dimidio brevioribus ; ovario gla- 

 bro. — In Andibus Chilensibus cxcelsioribus. — v. s. in herb. 

 Hook, (e declivitate orientali, Bridges, No. 1208). 



This species is well distinguished by its procumbent spineless 

 habit and copious aggregated foliage; its stunted proportions 

 are consequent on its lofty Alpine growth. Its leaves grow out 

 of elongated tubercles, or nascent branchlets, which probably in 

 the following year become branches ; these young shoots, owing 

 to the near proximity of their axils, appear as if imbricated by 

 the stipular appendages, and these axils bear flowers as well as 

 leaves. The main stems also appear articulated at each node by 

 their very conspicuous red stipules, which arc similar to those of 

 the other foregoing species. The leaves are 5 to 9 lines long, 

 4 to 5 lines broad, on a petiole 1 or H line long; they are dis- 

 colorous, as in all the others, but with darker immersed ner- 

 vurcs below. The peduncle is 2 lines long, the tube of the 

 calyx \\ line, the segments in addition | line long*. 



8. Notophana Townatou. Discaria Toumatou, Raoul, Ch. PL 

 Noiiv. Zelande, p. 29. Discaria Australis, var. apctala. Hook, 

 fil. F/or. Nor. Zeal. i. 47; — Frutex suborgyalis, glaberrimus, 

 ramis tortuosis, subprocnmbcntil)us, cortice membranaceo 

 laxo, ramulis diffusis, horizontalibus, teretibus, striatis, spines- 

 centi^bus, spinis elongatis, patentibus, calloso-pungcntibus; 

 foliis parvulis, fasciculatis, e tubcrculo squamoso infra spinam 

 prodeuntibns, lincari-oblongis, obtusis aut acutis, in petiolo 

 brevi, sjiathulatis, integcrrimis, glaberrimis, crassiusculis, 

 supra viridibus, uitcntibus, enerviis, subtus palUde glaucis, 

 ncrvis violaceis immersis; stipulis minutis, pctioliferis, 2-fidis, 

 dentibus hmccolatis, erectis, oppositis, ct transversim nexis ; 



* This i)liint is drawn in Plate JZ e of the ' Contributions.' 



