Mr. J. Miers on the Tribe CoUetiese. 379 



3. Ochetophila prostrata, n. sp. ; — Colletia nana, Clos in Gay, 

 - Chile, ii. 37 ; — fruticosa, liurailisj inermis, ramis nodosis, cor- 

 tice nitido solubili ; ramulis brevibus valde foliosis ; foliis 

 parvulis, oppositis, creberrime aggregatis, spathulato-ovalibus, 

 obtusis, integerrimis, crassiusculis, margine subrevoluto, 

 supra pallide viridibus, utrinque bullato-resinosis, brunneo- 

 maculatis, rigide pilosulis, subtus hepaticis, longius pilosis, 

 petiolo brevi caualiculato; stipulis 2-dentatis, iutrapetiolari- 

 bus, erectis, acutis, rigide ciliatis; tioribus axillaribus, soli- 

 tariis, glaberrimis, proximitate foliorum quasi aggregatis, 

 pedunculo folio fere tequilongo ; calyce cylindrico, imo iutlato, 

 limbi laciniis 4, acutis, reflexis, tubo tertia parte brevioribus ; 

 petalis 4, laciniis brevioribus, oblongis, erectis, concavis, ungui- 

 culatis ; staminibus totidem e basi introflexis ; antlieris ovato- 

 rotundis, medio dorsi peltatim affixis; disco crateriformi, 

 margine integro ; ovario subgloboso fundo disci insito, 3-sul- 

 cato ; stylo brevi incluso.— In Andibus Chilensibus excelsio- 

 ribus. — V. s. in herb. Hook., declivitate orientali (Bridges, 

 . 1209). — in herb. Mus. Paris, Chile (Gay) ; specimen typicum 

 Colletia nana, Clos. 



This is an alpine shrub, of diminutive size and prostrate 

 growth, with an abundance of small foliage and with copious 

 small pendent flowers ; it is closely allied to the preceding spe- 

 cies, but has a more csespitose habit, with much longer pedun- 

 cles, and a longer calyx. Its leaves, including the short petiole, 

 are 3 lines long and 1 line broad; those of the flowering shoots 

 are only half this size : the stipules are very conspicuous, differ- 

 ing from those of Discai^ia and Notophcena in being intrapetiolar, 

 while the margins of the opposite petioles are continued in a 

 transverse line across the stem : the peduncles are 1-2 lines 

 long ; the tubular calyx, somewhat contracted in the middle, is 

 1^ line long, the lobes of its border being \ line in length. 

 Bridges's specimen corresponds with Dr. Closes Colletia nana *. 



3. Ochetophila parvifolia, n. sp. ; — suffruticosa, humifusa, ramosa, 

 inermis, ramis validioribus, cortice nitido solubili, ramulis 

 brevibus aut longioribus, nodis subarticulatis, approximatis, 

 foliosis; foliis subfasciculatis, minimis, spathulato-ovatis, ob- 

 tusis, integerrimis, carnosulis, navicularibus, infra subcari- 

 natis, enerviis, pallide viridibus, glaberrimis, utrinque bullato- 

 resinosis et brunneo-puuctatis, petiolo brevi, caualiculato ; 

 stipulis oppositis, rubellis, ut in prsecedente; floribus paucis; 

 calyce urceolato, tubo subbrevi, limbi laciniis 4, acutis; 

 petalis 4, laciniis multo brevioribus, cucullatis; staminibus 

 totidem iis brevioribus ; antheris ovalibus ; ovario 3-lobo, in 



* This plant vdW be figured in the ' Contributions,' Plate 39 b. 



