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the three concave inner ones, which are valvate in aestivation. Petals 

 6, shorter than the inner sepals, smooth, cuneate, truncate, the 

 margins involute below. Stamens 6, about the length of the petals 

 and embraced by them, but free : the filaments somewhat clavate, 

 sparsely hairy : anthers two-celled, didymous, innate. Fertile flowers 

 not seen. 



Ord. lardizabaleje. 



1. LAKDIZABALA, Ruiz & Pav. 

 1. Lardizabala triternata, Ruiz & Pav. 



Lardizabala triternata, Euiz & Pav. FL Peruv. & ChiL; DC. Syst. 1, p. 512; 

 Deless. Ic. Sel. 1, t. 91; Decaisne, Lardizab. p. 188; Gay, FL Chil. 1, p. 70. 



Hab. Chili, near Valparaiso ; in high ravines. 



There is reason to suspect, with M. Gay, that L. triternata and L. 

 triternata are not distinct species. Only one species is mentioned by 

 Dr. Pickering, as having been noticed by him. The characters de- 

 rived from the foliage appear to be inconstant. 



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