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gioribus, glabris j calyce glabro, tubo urceolato 4-fido, stami- 
nibus 4, laciniis paulo brevioribus, erectis; ovario piloso, 
stylo elongato, tubo longiore, glabro. — Insula Chiloe. — v. s. 
in herb, meo (Capt. King). 
This species is intermediate between the foregoing and the 
following one, and is distinguished by its more slender branches, 
larger emarginated leaves, the greater length of its peduncles, 
and its tetramerous flowers. Its floriferous branchlets measure 
3 or 4 inches, its spines about 1| inch; its leaves are 1 inch 
long, I inch broad, on a petiole 2 lines in length ; its peduncles 
are 3 lines long, the tube of the calyx 1 line long, the same in 
diameter, and the lobes of its border nearly of equal length*. 
4. Notophcena discolor. Colletia discolor. Hook. Icon. 538 ; 
Hook.jil. Flor.Ant. ii. 255 ; Rich. Voy. Astrol. p. , pi. 14; 
— frondosa, glaberrima, ramulis teretibus, strictis, substriatis, 
fusco-rubris, spinosis, spinis patentibus, longiusculis, valde 
pungentibus, apicem versus foliiferis ; ramulis junioribus flo- 
rigeris sub spinis enatis, elongatis ; foliis oppositis, oblongis 
obovatisve, obtusis, argute serrulatis, margine subrevoluto, in 
petiolum brevem attenuatis, supra viridibus, subtus pallide 
glaucis, fere enerviis; stipulis trausversim nexis, 2 -dentatis, 
dentibus linearibus, acutissimis, ciliatis ; floribus parvis, sub- 
solitariis, 4-meris; capsula 3-cocca pilosula. Patagonia. — 
V. s. m herb, meo et Hook., Port Famine (Capt. King) ; in 
herb. Mus. Paris, Magellan (Voy. Astrolabe). 
This is distinct from the two preceding species, in the smaller 
size of its obovate leaves, and its smaller flowers, as well as in 
the shape of its stipules. The discolorous feature of its leaves is 
common to every species of this genus. The spines are ^ to 
one inch long ; the leaves are 5 lines long, 2^ lines broad, on a 
petiole barely one line in length ; the peduncle is 2 lines long ; 
the tube of the calyx is | line long, the same in diameter, and 
its short revolute teeth are only 5 line in length : the peduncle 
in fruit becomes thicker ; it is then 3 lines long, and is deflected ; 
the 3-coccous fruit is 2 lines in diameter; it is sometimes 
4-coccous. 
5. Notophcena Magellanica, n. sp. ; — suffruticosa, inermis, sub 
lente pilosula, ramulis subangulatis, sub-4-gonis, axillis ap- 
proximatis; foliis parvulis, ovato-oblongis, utrinque obtusis, 
vel imo subcuneatis, carnosulis, margine integerrimis, vel 
obsolete dentatis, supra nitidis, viridibus, subtus pallidis, 
nervis omnino immersis, petiolo brevissimo, stipulis prae- 
* A sketch of this plant is given in Plate 3” c of this work. 
