RHAMNACÉES, 91 
36? Retanilla A0. Br.'—- Flores Co/letie, h-5-meri; calycis campa- 
nulati v. urceolati tubo ultra discum plerumque longe producto; lobis 
ovato-acutis, valvatis. Petala 4, 5, fauci ad sinus calycis inserta, parva, 
cucullata. Discus basin tubi calycis vestiens et altius productus, ab imo 
ad summum attenuatus, illimitatus. Stamina 4, 5 ; antheris subpeltatim 
affixis et rima subtransversa 2-valvibus hiantibus. Germen sessile, aut 
liberum , aut vix ima basi receptaculo discoque adnatum, pilosum, 
9-loculare; stylo conico v. cylindrico columnari, apice stigmatoso 
5-lobo. Fructus drupaceus globosus, cupula brevi receptaculi basi cin- 
ctus ; eXOCarpio Ccarnoso v. spongioso; putamine duro, 3-loculari. 
Semina suberecta ; testa crustacea, raphe laterali percursa ; micropyle 
demum laterali; albumine caruoso ; embryonis recti cotyledonibus 
planis subellipticis ; radieula brevi infera cæterisque Colletiw.— Frutices 
v. suffrutices ? subaphylli ramosi; ramis virgatis, 2-3-chotome ramosis 
teretibus spinescentibus ; fohis obsoletis v. oppositis minutis integer- 
rimis minimis caducissimis; stipulis minutis scariosis, persistentibus; 
floribus in ramulis brevibus composite cymosis, breviter pedicellatis. 
(Peruvia, Chili 3.) 
57. Talguenea Mers ‘. — Flores fere Co//etie ; tubo calycis mem- 
branaceo, intus pilis (nec disco glanduloso) vestito, superne altenuato 
Cylindraceo, basi plerumque obconico et ultra discum longe producto, 
ad faucem nonnihil angustato. Petala 5, inter lobos calycis fauci inserta, 
parva Cucullata, Stamina totidem cum petalis inserta tisque opposita ; 
filamentis complanatis pilosis ; antheris subpeltatis, 2-locularibus, demum 
confluenti-rimosis et transverse latissime hiantibus. Germen ima basi 
tubo immersum, nunc hirsutum, sub-3-lobum, 3-loculare ; stylo g gracill 
hirsuto, ad apicem stigmatosum 3-lobo. Fructus « carcerularis Chartaceus 
falde hirsutus oblongus, calyce immutato inclusus, eo paulo longior, 
Stylo apiculatus, indehisceus ; loculis 1-3, 1-spermis ; seminibus Colle- 
lie, » Frutex ramosissimus ; ramis oppositis ; junioribus spinosis ; foliis 
Oppositis membranaceis oblongis, integris v. serratis, basi 5-nerviis, 
Rhamn., 57,t,3.— ENDL., Gen.,n.5734. I, 28 (Colletiæ _ _._— — me ets 
—ÿ. H., Gen., 384, n. 31. — rmiin Mrs, Cab t re (Colletia). — Hook., Bot. % 
in Ann, Nat. Hist., ser. 3, V, 483: Contrib.. 1, 1573 I, 473.— C. Gay, F1. chil., I, 25. 
1, 285, t. 39 DE. — era COMMERS., mss. pie in Linnæa, XXVNIH, 679. — Wazr 
(nec alior tor.). Ann., VU, Ë 
2. Adspectu  . "arum 4. Trav. Chili, M, 529 ; in Ann. Nat. Hist., 
3. Spec. 2, 3. VENT. Jard. Cels, t. 92; ser. 3, V,6; Con pm 296,4 La “. 
Choix de pl. +. 16 (Colletin). — Poin., Dict. Gen., n. 5735. — BR. H ; 389, n. 
Suppl, 11, 341, n. 1 (Collctia).—DC., Prodr., 5. Char. ex Miens, loc. de. 
