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inferius, stigma cum quinque lobis ; fructus drupae aridae et 

 flavae, et coronatae cum quinque lobis perianthialibus. 



A pendant or weeping shrub about six feet high; leaves re- 



FiG. 2. — Chobetrum pendulum, n.sp. 



(1) Portion of plant in flower and in fruit. 

 (3) Fruit with bracts and bracteoles. 



(2) Flower (enlaro^ed). 

 (4) t.s. of stern. 



duced to minute scales, fairly persistent, slightly curved at the- 

 pointed tips. Lower branches streaked or grooved, the branch- 

 lets acutely angular. Flowers small (but larger than in the type 

 of C. lateriflorum), solitary very shortly pedunculate, corolla. 



