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line, and the segments | line long, and it is one line in 
diameter, tumid and semiglobose at its base*. 
Far. ValanzueloR •, Colletia Balanzuelse, Bert. MSS. : diflFert 
spinis acicularibus, tenuioribus, et paulo longioribus. 
18. Colletia ulicina, Gill, et Hook, Bot. Misc. i. 155. tab. 44 c ; 
idem. hi. 173 ; — sufFruticosa, orgyalis, vel sub-2-orgyalis, 
ramosissima, ubique rigide hirsutula, ramis teretibus, elon- 
gatis, ramulisque spinosissimis, et intricatione spinarum quasi 
cylindraceis, spinis duplo aut triplo spinulosis, aut oppositis, 
vel ternatim verticillatis, spinulis crebris, brevibus, tenuibus, 
decussatis, fusco-olivaceis, striatis, acutissime pungentibus ; 
foliis abortivis ; stipula minuta, subulata, fusca, cUiata, tuber- 
culoque florifera sub spinula enatis ; floribus copiosis, ple- 
rumque fasciculatis, rarius solitariis, et proximitate axillarum 
hinc spicato-congestis ; pedunculo hirsuto, incurvo, flore sub- 
aequilongo; calycis tubo elongato, cylindrico, infra medium 
constricto, imo subgloboso, fauce ampliore, limbi laciniis 5 
oblongo-ovatis, recurvulis, staminibus intra tubum paulo 
supra medium insertis, omnino inclusis, filamentis brevissimis, 
stylo tubo multo breviore, erecto, stigmate subcapitato, obso- 
lete 3-lobo ; fructu pisi magnitudine. — Chile, in Andibus. — 
V. s. in herb. Hook. fluv. Tinguiririca, alt. 3000 ped. (Gillies) ; 
Colchagua, in valhbus Andinis (Bridges, 1807); Chile (Gil- 
lies, 220) ; in herb. Mus. Paris, San Fernando, prov. Colcha- 
gua (Gay, 570). 
This is a very distinct species, not only on account of its 
habit, but of its copious red flowers with an unusually elongated 
tube, and its included stamens : in all other species the insertion 
of the stamens is in the mouth, between the segments of the 
border ; here they originate far within the tube. Sir W. Hooker, 
on the authority of Gillies, describes it as being only 1 or 2 feet 
in height, with decumbent stems ; Bridges, on the contrary, says 
that it grows to the height of 6 or 10 feet, which is more probable. 
It is found also in Rancagua, where it bears the name of Cruzero, 
appearing as a short tree, with a somewhat slender stem. A 
decoction is there made from its branches by the natives, who 
use it as a purgative. It comes into bloom in December and 
January. The branchlets are straight and' terete, the primary 
spines are | inch apart, generally verticiUate, and g inch long ; 
the secondary spines are 4 lines long, and the tertiary spinelets 
about two lines long, and slender. In the Rancagua specimen, 
they are somewhat longer and stouter. The flowers are densely 
* A representation of this plant is given in Plate 36 d of this work. 
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