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with which it bears some analogy. I have observed a variety of 
the same (whieh may be called lanceolata) with broader and 
more oblong leaves, rather obtuse at the summit ; the limb flat, 
11 inch long, 3-3} lines broad, with a petiole of the length of 
3 lines : it is of Sello^s collection, and is probably from the 
same region as the above ; but as the specimen has no flowers, 
it is impossible to give its characters and proper place. 
Div. 4. Pedunculi plurimi, aggregati, terminales,pedicellosplurimos 
umbellatos floras ger antes. 
7. Drimys Chilensis, D.C. Syst. i. 444, Prodr. i. 78 ; Deless. 
Icon. i. 2.2. tab. 83 ; Gay, Chile. I). Winter!, Hook, (non 
Murr.) Bot. Mag. tab. 4800 ; — ramulis teretibus ; foliis ob- 
longo-obovatis, versus apicem obtusum gradatim angustioribus, 
basi obtusiusculis et repente attenuatis, coriaceis, opacis, ner- 
vis plurimis, conspicuis, arcuato-nexis, et vix prominulis, 
supra crebre leviter granuloso-rugulosis, granulis sub lente 
puncto nigro signatis, punctis pellucidis, subtus e punctulis 
albis creberrimis glaucis, costa media prominente, margine car- 
tilagineo recurvulo, petiolo valido subtereti canaliculato ; pedun- 
culis terminalibus 4-10, pedicellis 6-8 elongatis umbellatis e 
singulo ortis; petalis 10 linearibus; ovariis ssepius 5. — Chile. 
Folia 31-41 poll, longa, 1-1} poll, lata, petiolus 5-6 lin. 
longusj pedunculi in apice ramulorum aggregati, 3-9 lin. 
longi, crassiusculi, compress!; pedicelli tenues 9-14 lin. 
longi, 4-goni; calyx 2-sectilis, laciniis aequalibus, ovalibus, 
concavis, pallidis, 2 lin. longis. Petala 10, linearia, expansa, 
2-serialia, 5 lin. longa, 1} lin. lata. Stamina 35-40, exte- 
riora breviora, interiora 1} lin. longa, 4-serialia. Ovaria 5, 
rarius 6, gibba, 2 lin. longa. Baccse 5, pyriformes, pui’pu- 
rascentes, 4-4} lin. longse; semina circiter 12, cochleata, 
nitidissima, atra, in pulpam parcam nidulantia*. 
There is a variety [latifolia) with much broader leav'es, tole- 
rably well represented in Delessert’s ‘ leones^ (i. tab. 83), — but 
the petioles are too broad and flattened, the flowers much too 
large, and the petals too flat, — a specimen of which I And in 
Sir Wm. Hooker’s herbarium, collected by Bridges ; the leaves 
are 5} inches long, 2} inches broad, the petiole being 6 lines in 
length. 
8. Drimys Brasiliensis. D. Granatensis in partem, DC. Syst. 
i. 444; Prodr. i. 78; St. HU. PI. Us. tab. 26, 27; — foliis 
oblongis, acutiusculis, aut obtusis, basi cuneatis, supra nitidis, 
* A figure of this species, with full generic details, is given in plate 26 c. 
