466 



Iransversaliter imprcssiun ibique tandem foraininiljiis 5, traiis- 

 versis fissinn, snperne margine ad aiiimlura perigyiinm intus 

 prominentem cxtrorsiim ibif|nc in calycem abiens. Sepala 5. 

 Pelala 5, perigjna, scpalis majora. Stamina 15 — 20, pori- 

 gyna ; lilamejita in pracfloraliono iiidis ourvatn, demum slricta, 

 elongata, exserta ; anlherac biloeiilaros, dorso siipra basiu 

 affixae, snpra insortionom glaiidula instrnclae, longitiidinaliter 

 dehiscenles , inarginibus liaud cxplanalis. Carpoplivlla 3, ad 

 verticem gfrminis liberum, subconicnni, (risulcuin connata, 

 matnritate seccdenlia. Stylus 1 ; slignia simplex. Capsula 

 membranacea, hcmisphaerico- turbiuata, 5-costata, hypanthii 

 parte libcra sepalisque coronata, verlice jibero loculicido-lri- 

 valvis; valvis mcdio septiferis, ab columella ceutrali disjnuctis. 

 Seraina parva, lincaria. 



Frutices; ramnlis 4-gonis, glabris ; foliis oppositis, glan- 

 dula slipnlacea basi ntrinque stipatis; floribiis axillaribus, 

 pedicellatis , foliis brevioribus, medio bibracteolatis. 



1. T. stipulatis Grisebach 1. c. p. 31. — Tcpualia Phi- 

 lippiana Grisebach I. c. p. 32. 



Mclrosideros slipularis D. Hook. Fl. antarcf. II. p.275. 



Mi/rliis slipularis Hook. Aru. in Hook. Bot. Mise. III. 

 p. 316. — Barneoud in Gay Hist. Chil. Bot. II. p, 378. 



Tepual incolis. 



Species raaximc polyraorpha; canle elato v. luimili ; foliis 

 brevius v. lonnius petiolatis, aiigustioribus v. latioribns, in- 

 terdum cordatis, densius v. laxius pnnctatis (descript. v. p. 

 401 sub Mj/rto slipulari Hook.). 



