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characters of ColleUa. Fruit drupaceous, finally coriaceous, dry 

 capsular, surrounded at base to greater or less height with the 

 persistent receptacular cupule and disk ; cocci 3, crustaceous, finally 

 2-valvate. Testa of suberect plano-convex seed coriaceous ; raicro- 

 pyle in general finally lateral ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons of 

 slightly fleshy embryo orbicular or shortly ovate ; radicle very short 

 inferior. — Ramose shrubs, foliate or more rarely leafless ; twigs 

 decussate, often spinescent, articulate or subarticulate at nodes ; 

 leaves (small or minute) coriaceous rather thick, imperceptibly 

 penninerved, oftener obovate, sometimes serrate ; flowers axillary 

 solitary or oftener few cymose ; pedicels waving ; other characters 

 of Colletia. 1 {Trop, alpine and extra-trop. America, Australia, Neio 

 Zealand. 2 ) 



35? Adolphia Meissn. 3 — Flowers nearly of Colletia; receptacle 

 much shorter subcampanulate, lined with a disk as far as the 

 insertion of petals and stamens. Petals 5, inserted between the 

 3- angular- ovate and recurved lobes of the calyx, small, cucullate, at 

 base rather longer attenuated subspathulate. Stamens 5, oppositi- 

 petalous and inserted at margin of disk, nearly equal in length 

 to corolla ; anthers small ; cells 2, finally confluent in one above 

 and hence hippocrepiform-rimose. Germen subglobular or at 

 base adnate to receptacular cavity and disk, glabrous ; cells 3, 

 1-ovulate ; style slender, 3-lobed at stigmatose apex. Fruit drupa- 

 ceous finally coriaceous subdry subglobular, surrounded at base 

 with the somewhat enlarged and adnate cupule of receptacle, 

 3-coccous ; cocci chartaceous, perforated at the base, finally sepa- 

 rate and dehiscent within. Testa of suberect broadly oblong plano- 

 convex seed coriaceous ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons of somewhat 

 fleshy embryo orbicular ; radicle short inferior. Other characters 



1 A genus very often referred to Colletia, of 173. — Ad. Bh. Rhamn. 59, n. 1, 4 (Colletia). 



which, with others following, it would be better — A. Rich. Voy. Astrol. Bot.t. 14 (Colletia). 



regarded as a section, notwithstanding the form Hook. Icon. t. 538 (Colletia). — Raoul, Ch. de II. 



of the perianth and receptacle and the structure 29. — C. Gay, Fl. Chil. ii. 19 (Rhamnus), 35-37 



of the disk, the nature of the pericarp, the (Colletia), 38 (OcketopKila). — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 



twigs imperceptibly or not at all articulate, i. 69 ; Fl. Ant. ii. 255 (Colletia) ; Man. N.-Zeal. 



characters apparently here of no moment. Fl. 43.— Reiss. Mart.Fl. Bras. Rhamn. t. 35. 



3 Spec. 10-12. Spkeno. Syst. Cur. lost. Wau>. Ann. vii. 605. 



iv. 108 (Condalia). — Vent. Jard. Cels, 92, t. ' Gen. 70; Comm. 50. — Endl. Gen.n. 5732. 



15 (Colletia). — Hook, and Arm. Bot. Misc. iii. Mieks, Contrib. i. 284. — B. H. Gen. 384, n. 30. 



