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2. TRICONDYLUS FERRUGINEUS (Br.). 



Leaves most opposite or whorled, bipinnatifid, woolly when young. 

 Perianth short, dilated below. Seed sometimes winged, as in other 

 Chilian species, sometimes wingless as in Australian species. 



(S. Chili); Chonos Archipel. ; Magellan. (R. O. Cunningham.) 



Near Lago Nahuel-huapi. 







3. T. OBLIQUUS (R. & P.) O. Ktze. 



Leaves ovate, serrate, glabrous. Racemes axillary, the pedicels and 

 calyx pilose. Stigma deciduous. 

 (Chili); Patagon., Chubut. 



T. OBLIQUUS ALNIFOLIUS (Poepp.). 



Leaves densely toothed, the teeth often rather acute. Racemes gener- 

 ally shorter than the leaves. 



(Chili); Chubut, in mountain groves. 



3. GUEVINA Molina. 



A tree, with unequally pinnate leaves, having toothed leaflets. Flowers 

 paired, pediceled, in long, axillary racemes. Bracts minute, caducous, or 

 none. Perianth-limb recurved ; anthers subsessile on the lobes. Ovules 

 2, rarely 4, collateral. Drupe I -seeded, size of a cherry, coral-red, 

 edible," Chilian hazel-nut." 



Species only i, viz: 



G. AVELLANA Molina. 



Lea/lets 2-5 pairs, short-petioled or sessile, ovate or cuneate-obovate or 

 subrotund, 3-10 cm. long. Racemes dense-flowered, tomentose. 

 (Chili); W. Patagon. 



Family 26. LORANTHACE^;. Mistletoe Family. 



Green parasites on woody plants. Leaves mostly opposite. Flowers 

 either perfect or dioecious or monoecious, with single or double, regular 

 perianth. Perianth-tube adnate to ovary. Stamens 2-6, epiphyllous. 

 Ovary i-carpellary, i -seeded. Style i or none ; fruit a berry. Endo- 

 sperm large. 



