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Habitaf in Chili (Ciiming, roll. no. 140; Poepp. , coli. 

 HO. 76; v. Chaniisso, v. Besser I. XXI, Dr. Philipp!). 



«. M. Montevideensis Berg in Marl. Fl. Br. XVII. ^. X. 

 110. 1. 



Habitat in Montevideo (Seile). 



3. M. mijrtotdcs Berg i.e. n. 2, cum icoiie. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio Grande do Sul et in 

 Montevideo (Sello). 



4. M. hechlerianu Berg; rainnli« pe(lancnlisf|ue jnuioribus 

 et germinibns pnbernlis; foliis coriaccis, petiolatis, ovali- 

 oblongis V. ovalibns, obtiisatis, apicnlatis, basi acntis, jnnio- 

 ribus Sübtn» pnbernlis, niox giabris, ilisioloribns, interdnm 

 peJIncido-pnnctatis, aveniis v, venosis: pednncnlis axillaribns 

 et snbterminalibns, 3-, rarins l-Horis, saepe dichotomis, fo- 

 lio longioribns v. brevioribns: germine 2-locnlari; sepalis 

 ovatis, obtnsis, ciliolatis, snbinaeqnalibns: bacca snbglobosa, 

 calyce coroaata. %. 



Rami teretinseuli, glabii, siiperne tompiessi. Foiia op- 

 posita, interdnm oblonga, snpia lano - virenlia, snbtns albido- 

 virentia, rarins snbconcoloria, snbtus fnsco-pnnctata; petiolo 1 

 —%'" long.; lamina 10 - 2(V long., 5— 13^'' lat.; venis 

 erecto-patniis, ant ntrinqne parnni prominnlis ani oblitteratis. 

 Pednucnli compressi , b—\%"' long,, 1— 3-flori; Höre cen- 

 trali sessili , lateralibns pedicellatis: pedicellis bractea snbn- 

 lata snfl'nitis, %'" long, aut bifidi, laniis 3-floris, basi flore 

 snbsessili anctis. Germcii ninltiovnlatnni , bracteolis 2, snbn- 

 latis stipatuin. Sepala 4, viridia , patentia v. reilexa , majora 

 V" long. Bacca interdnm stibobovata , 3'" long. Semen 

 reuatnm, S^/a'" long., testa membranacea obtectnm. Embryo 

 cotylis foliaceis, coutortnplicatis (v. s. in Jib, Vindob.). 



Species maxime variabili«; foliis oblongis, ovali-oblon- 

 gis V. ovalibns saepe in eodem specimine, basi snbcnneatis, 



