44 Mr. J. Miers on the Tricuspidarieae. 



Arbores Chilenses sempervwentes ; folia suhopposita^ ohlonga^ 

 glanduloso-serrataj petiolata ; racemi axillares^ hrevissimij 

 pauciflori. 



1. Aristotelia Maqui^ L'H^rit. Stirp. 31, tab. 16 ; Lam. Illust. 

 t. 399 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 56 ; Gay, Chile, i. 336 ;— Aristotelia 

 glandulosa, U. & P. 8ysU Fl. Per. p. 126 ; Poir. SuppL 

 iii. p. 587 ; — frondosa, ramosissima ; foliis suboppositis, 

 late ovatis vel oblongis, imo rotundatis vel subcordatis, 

 apice subobtusis aut breviter attenuatis, marginibus sub- 

 revolutis, dentato-serratis, dentibus glanduliferis, utrinque 

 glabris, nisi in costa nervisque pilosulis, supra laete viridi- 

 bus, nitentibus, reticulato-venosis, subtus pallidis vel glau- 

 cis ; petiolo tenui, apice 2-glanduloso, supra canaliculato, 

 limbo dimidio vel 3-plo breviore, puberulo : racemis in ramis 

 novellis axillaribus, ramose 3-5-floris, subpuberulis. — In 

 Chile frequentissima : v. v. et s. 



An evergreen tree, growing to the height of 12 feet. The 

 leaves are 2^-3 inches long, 1^-2 inches broad, on a petiole 

 1 inch long; one or two peduncles grow out of each axil, 

 4 lines long, each bearing on its apex three one-flowered pedi- 

 cels, 3 lines long, between two minute bracts ; the sepals are 

 1 line long, the petals 1\ line*. 



I collected also, in the province of Aconcagua, the variety 

 Andinaj described by Philippi (Linn, xxxiii. p. 31), and dis- 

 tinguished by its much thicker leaves. 



2. Aristotelia glabra^ n. sp.; — foliis oppositis, oblongis vel 

 lanceolato-oblongis, imo acutis, apice obtusis, membrana- 

 ceis, marginibus subrevolutis, integris vel obsolete glandu- 

 loso-serratis, undique glaberrimis, reticulato-venosis, sub- 

 concoloribus ; petiolo tenuissimo, glabro, supra canaliculato, 

 apice minutissime 2-glanduloso, limbo 3-4-plo breviore : 

 racemis in ramulis novellis axillaribus, glaberrimis, rachi 

 tenuissima, petiolo paulo longioribus, 3-4-floris. — In Chile : 

 V. V. et s. (Prov. Quillota) ; v. s. in herb. Mus, Brit, {Hort, 

 Kew. cult. A.D. 1779). 



This is very distinct from the preceding, in its very glabrous 

 leaves, sometimes acutely narrowed at the base, upon more 

 slender petioles ; they are 2-2| inches long, f-l^ inch broad, 

 upon a petiole 6-9 lines long ; the peduncle of the raceme is 

 6 lines long, its pedicels 2-3 lines long, sometimes abortively 

 with only one or two flowers. 



* A drawing of this plant, with copious analytical details, will be given 

 in my ' Contributions/ plate 80. 



