46 Mr. J. Miers on the Winteracese. 



Wintera aromatica, Murr. Syst. 507; Willd. /Sp. ii. 1239; 

 Bonpl. PL jEquin. i. 209; — ramulis subangulatis, fusco- 

 rubris; foliis oblongis, utrinque attenuatisj apice obtusius- 

 culis, supra nitidis, enerviis, aut nervis vix distinguendis 

 omnino immersis, subtus glaucis, costa mediana margineque 

 cartilagineo revoluto rubris, petiolo crasso, semitereti, longi- 

 usculo, superne subsulcato ; pedunculis terminalibus, simpli- 

 cibus, confertis, elongatis, angulato-sulcatis, apice compressis, 

 imo bracteis deciduis iuvolucratis ; calyce majori ; petalis 5-6, 

 oblongis ; ovariis 4, rarius plura. — In Patagonia et Tierra del 

 Fuego. 



Folia subtus e punctulis granulosis albis creberrimis glauca, 

 3-3f poll, longa, 12-16 lin. lata; petiolus 6-10 lin. longus, 

 erassus, imo amplior; pedunculus l-l^^ poll, longus; alabas- 

 trus 3-4 lin. diam. ; petala 6 lin. longa*. 



I may here observe, that Lamarck's drawing of this plant is 

 defective, and that Sir Wm. Hooker's figure, described under the 

 name of D. Winteri (Bot. Mag. 4800), must be referred to 

 D. Chileyisis, which I consider specifically distinct, for reasons 

 already given. 



6. Drimys angustifulia , n. sp.; — foliis elongato- vel lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis, apice obtusiusculis, planis, marginibus rccurvulis, 

 opacis, superne hand rugulosis, nervis omnino immersis vix 

 distinguendis, subtus pallide glaucis, petiolo marginibus te- 

 nuibus sese involutis hinc subtereti ; infiorescentia terminali 

 pauciflora, pedunculis simplicibus. — In Brasilia Australi : 

 v.s. in hb. Hook. (Sello). 



Folia subtus e punctulis granulosis ochraceo-albis creberri- 

 mis glauca, 2 poll, longa, 2^-3 lin. lata, petiolus 4-5 lin. lon- 

 gus ; pedunculus 6 lin. longus, subvalidus ; calyx in alabastro 

 clausus, integer, ovatus, apiculatus, dcmum 2-partitus ; pe- 

 tala 9, linearia, in sestivatione imbricatim inflexa ; stamina 18 ; 

 ovaria 5t. 



This is another and still more extreme form than D. retorta, 

 w^ith which it bears some analogy. I have observed a variety of 

 the same (which may be called lanceolata) with broader and 

 more oblong leaves, rather obtuse at the summit ; the limb flat, 

 \\ inch long, 3-3 ^^ lines broad, with a petiole of the length of 

 3 lines : it is of Sello's collection, and is probably from the 

 same region as the above ; but as the specimen has no flowers, 

 it is impossible to give its characters and proper place. 



* A representation of this species is shown in the 'Contributions to 

 Botany,' plate 25 a. 

 t A figure of this plant is given in the same work, plate 2(\ a. 



