126 PHANEROGAMIA. 



5. Drymaria macrantiia, Sp. Nov. 



D. glabella, multicaulis ; caule laxe ramoso ; foliis cordato-ovatis sessili- 

 bus o—b-nerviis crassiuscidis ; bracteis subulatis ; cyma multiflora 

 conferta; pedicellis centralibus flore cequilongis ; sepalis ovato-oblongis 

 late petaloideo-marginatis ; petalis nullis. 



Hab. With the preceding. 



Root and base of the stem not seen. Stems said to be numerous and 

 upright, a foot high : they are rather diffusely branched in the speci- 

 mens, with approximate and tumid nodes, nearly glabrous, or the 

 branches, like the inflorescence, puberulent. Leaves 5 to 7 lines long, 

 broadly ovate and someichat cordate, acute, or the upper pointed, sessile, 

 glabrous or nearly so, 3-5-nerved, the larger ones five-nerved, of a rather 

 thick and fleshy texture. Peduncles an inch or less in length. Cyme 

 10-20-flowered, rather close and fasciculate. Bracts narrowly subulate, 

 greenish, with narrow scarious margins below, slightly puberulent, 2 

 or 3 lines long. Pedicels puberulent: the primary central ones 3 to 

 6 lines long, usually about the length of the calyx. Sepals ovate-oblong, 

 4 or 5 lines long, minutely glandular-puberulent externally, slightly 

 three-nerved, acute, except for the broad and petaloid hyaline margins, 

 which are broadest near the summit. Petals none. Stamens 5. Style 

 short, 2-3-cleft. Capsule coriaceous, ovoid, shorter than the calyx, 

 three-valved, many-seeded. Seeds obliquely obovate, minutely sca- 

 brous. Embryo uncinate-incurved. 



This is the largest-flowered species known. The flowers are twice 

 the size of those of the Chilian D. apetala, and a third larger than 

 those of D. grandiflora, Bartl.; which, moreover, is described as 

 having very long peduncles, and pedicels many times longer than the 

 calyx, the sepals obscurely one-nerved, and the petals conspicuous. 



13. C R R I G I L A, Linn. 



1. CORRIGIOLA SQUAMOSA, Hook. & Am. 

 Corrigwla squamosa, Hook. & Am. Bot. Misc. 3, p. 337 ; Gay, Fl. Chil. 2, p. 518. 



