and on the Structure of the Seed in that genus. 191 



bracteolis acutis, ciliolatis ; in foemineis unifloro, flare majori 

 ebracteato ; floribus omnibus purpureis. 



1. Lardizabala biternata, R. & P. L. triternata, R. ^^ P Prodr 

 FL Peruv. 143. tab. 37 ; S7/st. i. 286 ; DC. Syst. i. 512 '; Prodr. 

 1. 95 ; Delessert, Icones, i. tab. 91 ; Decaisne, Archiv. Mus. i. 187 

 tab. 11 ; Hooker, Bot. Mag. tab. 4501.— Chile (Concepcion et 

 Quillota). 



2. Lardizabala syhicola,nov.%^. 2 ;— ramulis volubilibus, striatis, 

 glabris ; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis basi squalibus, ample ovatis,' 

 late truncatis et subcordatis, obtusis, subniembranaceis, mar- 

 gine cartilagineo, hinc infequaliter sinuatis, angulis cuspidatis, 

 5-nerviis, valde reticulatis, omnibus petiolulatis, petiolulis 

 lateralibus petiolo subtequilongis, iutermedio 2-plo lone;iori, 

 omnibus summo et imo iucrassatis nervisque pilosulis, petiolo 

 e basi subito refracto; stipulis axillaribus parvis/ lineari- 

 spathulatis, glabris, veuosis, mucrouato - denticulatis j foliis 

 terminalibus multo minoribus, glaberrimis, coriaceis, fere in- 

 tegris, margine cartilagineo creuulatis; floribus speciosis, 

 violaceis, axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculo elongate, summo 

 incrassato, e fasciculo bractearum orto, et paullo supra basin 

 bractea unica donato, bracteis parvulis, acutis, raargine ciliatis ; 

 sepalis amplis in campanulam dispositis; fructibus magnis,' 

 toruloso-cylindricis, edulibus.— Chile (apud Coneon). 



I found this plant at Coneon, midway between Valparaiso and 

 Quillota, in a wood that surrounds a small valley well sheltered 

 by hills, called '^Potrero del Peral.^^ The short portion of the 

 stem of the branchlet in my specimen is of the thickness of a 

 goose-quill, somewhat flattened, and probably of a first year's 

 growth, as it has a pithy medulla; the petiole, suddenly re- 

 tracted backwards, is about 9 lines long, and much thickened 

 at Its base ; the two lateral petiolets are 7 lines long, while the 

 intermediate one measures 18 lines; the terminal leaflet is 

 3 mches long, and 3 inches wide at its broadest part, whence it 

 is somewhat narrower towards the summit, which is round and 

 emarginated, with a mucronate point ; the lateral leaflets are 

 2 2 inches long and 2^ inches broad; the stipules are minute 

 compared with those of the other species, and instead of bein^ 

 orbicular, cordate, and sessile, are linear and tapering to a smafl 

 point at base ; they are 3 hues long, barely a line broad, strongly 

 reticulated, with a mucronately dentate border. The peduncle 

 IS 11 inch long, somewhat slender below, and thickened towards 

 Its summit ; about half an inch above its base it has a small, 

 single, acute bract, which has ciliated margins, and it bears at 

 Its base a fascicle of similar bracts which rises out of a warty 



