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2. Lardizabala syfoico/a, nov.sp. $ ; — ramulis volubilibus, striatis, 
glabris ; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis basi sequalibus, ample ovatis, 
late tmncatis et subcordatis, obtusis, submembranaceis, mar- 
gine cartilagineOj bine inpequaliter sinuatis, angulis cuspidatis, 
5-nerviis, valde reticulatis, omnibus petiolulatis, petiolulis 
lateralibus petiolo subsequilongis, intermedio 2-plo longiori, 
omnibus summo et imo incrassatis nervisque pilosulis, petiolo 
e basi subito refracto ; stipulis axillaribus parvis, lineari- 
spathulatis, glabris, venosis, mucronato - denticulatis ; foliis 
terminalibus multo minoribus, glaberrimis, coriaceis, fere in- 
tegris, margine cartilagineo crenulatis; floribus speciosis, 
violaceis, axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculo elongate, summo 
incrassato, e fascicule bractearum orto, et paullo supra basin 
bractea unica donate, bracteis parvulis, acutis, margine ciliatis ; 
sepalis amplis in campanulam dispositis ; fructibus magnis, 
toruloso-cylindricis, edulibus. — Chile (apud Concon). 
I found this plant at Concon, midway between Valparaiso and 
Quillota, in a wood that surrounds a small valley well sheltered 
by hills, called ‘'Fotrero del Peral.” The short portion of the 
stem of the branchlet in my specimen is of the thickness of a 
goose-quill, somewhat flattened, and probably of a first yearns 
growth, as it has a pithy medulla; the petiole, suddenly re- 
fracted backwards, is about 9 lines long, and much thickened 
at its base ; the two lateral petiolets are 7 lines long, while the 
intennediate one measures 18 lines; the terminal leaflet is 
3 inches long, and 3 inches wide at its broadest part, whence it 
is somewhat narrower tow'ards the summit, which is round and 
emarginated, with a mucronate point; the lateral leaflets are 
2^ inches long and inches broad ; the stipules are minute, 
compared with those of the other species, and instead of being 
orbicular, cordate, and sessile, are linear and tapering to a small 
point at base ; they are 3 hnes long, barely a line broad, strongly 
reticulated, with a mucronately dentate border. The peduncle 
is 1 inch long, somewhat slender below, and thickened towards 
its summit ; about half an inch above its base it has a small, 
single, acute bract, which has ciliated margins, and it bears at 
its base a fascicle of similar bracts which rises out of a warty 
prominence situated just above the petiole, and it is upon the 
margin of this prominence that the stipules originate. The 
flower is expanded into a broad bell, with a reflected margin, 
which is 1 to Ij inch in diameter; the three outer sepals are 
10 lines long and 5 lines broad, somewhat obtuse at their sum- 
mit, and narrower toward the base ; the three inner sepals are 
9 lines long, 3 lines broad, more acute at the summit, and still 
narrower at base. The six petals are shorter, almost linear, 
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