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verticillatis, rarius oppositis, minoribus, late ovatis, utrinque paulo acutis, mucrone 
apiculatis, marginibus valde revolutis, coriaceis, supra profunde viridibus, nitidis, 
glabris, in nervis anguste sulcatis, subtus pallidioribus, opacis, crebre impresso- 
punctulatis, in costa nervisque paulo prominulis pilosulis; petiolo tereti, adpresse 
piloso, limbo 8-plo breviore: racemis ternatim vel opposite axillaribus, rachi brevis- 
sima, pilosa, sub-3-flora, apice in spinulam brevem terminata; floribus minoribus, 
breviter pedicellatis; calyce corollaque subbrevi subpuberulis.—In ins. Chiloé: v. s. 
in hb. nost. Chiloé (Capt. King); in hb. Hook. Chiloé (Lobb), ibidem (Capt. King), 
Valdivia et Chiloé (Cuming, 603). 
A distinct species, easily recognized by its much smaller ternate leaves and shorter 
spines, as well as by its aspect, more rigid pubescence, and smaller extremely pale 
flowers. The axils are 5 lines apart, each with three verticillate spines 3-5 lines long ; 
the leaves, also ternate, are 6—7 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, on a petiole nearly 1 line 
long: the rachis is 2 lines, the calyx 14 line long, acutely toothed, the tube of the corolla 
4$ lines long, pubescent outside, thickly pilose inside below the insertion of the stamens, 
the five lobes of the border all equally 14 line long, pubescent inside, two posterior nar- 
rower, one anterior broader; stamens included, connective of anthers thick and fleshy : 
the drupe is 3 lines in diameter. 
5. RHAPHITHAMNUS PARVIFOLIUS, nob.: Citharexylon cyanocarpum, Gay (pro parte), Fl. 
Chil. v. 34 (cum icone in vol. ornith. tab. 6, sub Zenaida Souleyetiana) : ramulis 
subteretibus, adpresse hirsutulis; foliis sæpius ternatis, ovato-oblongis, imo obtusis, 
a medio sensim acutis, mucromulatis, crassiusculis, supra opacis, profunde viridibus, 
in costa nervisque anguste sulcatis, subtus pallidis, crebre impresso-punctulatis, 
parce puberulis aut glabris, marginibus vix revolutis; petiolo pilosulo, brevi ; spinis 
raris, gracilibus, folio longioribus: racemis axillaribus, brevissimis, sub-9-floris ; 
corolla infundibuliformi; drupa pisi minoris mole.—In Chile australi et insulis adja- 
centibus: v. s. in herb. Hook. ins. Chiloë (Pöppig, 53); ins. Mocha (Eights, 11); 
Ariqué (Lechler, 520) ; So. Chile (Capt. King) ; Rio Negro, Valdivia ( Gay). a 
This species, which seems confined to the more southern regions of Chile, is distin- 
guished by its much smaller leaves, shorter branches, and apparently lower growth, 
being, according to Cuming, a small tree 10 to 15 feet high. The axils are 2-4 lines 
apart; the leaves are 4-6 lines long, 3 lines broad, on a petiole 4 line long: the calyx is 
1} line long; the tube of the corolla 8-10 lines long, of a pale blue colour; the lobes of 
its border 13 line long: the drupe is scarcely 3 lines in diameter. 
6. RHAPHITHAMNUS SERRATIFOLIUS, nob. : ramulis strictis, gracilibus, adpresse hirsutulis ; 
foliis oppositis, oblongis, utrinque acutis, imo ad medium = bine coe 
grosse serratis (dentibus mucronulatis utrinque 4), membranaceis, u € enit 
mis, supra leete viridibus, planis, subtus opacioribus, crebre — M : à: S, sin 
tenuissimis, paulo prominulis, reticulatis, minute. sees tip is; pe ue» 
tenui, hirsutulo, limbo 15-plo breviore ; spinis axillaribus, petiolo 2-plo longioribus. 
In ins. Juan Fernandez: v. s. in herb. Hook. loc. cit. (Bertero). 
