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formi-rotundatse,2-lob8e,lobis 2-valvatis,valvula antica breviore, 
et bine rima hippocrepica latissirne hiantes. Discus fere ob- 
soletus, calyci adnatus, ovarium fulciens et ejus diametrum vix 
excedens, cum toro confusus. Ovarium superum, disco pau- 
lulo immersum, 3-loculare ; ovula erecta, in loculis solitaria. 
Stylus filiformis, longe exsertus, ultra medium patentim bir- 
sutissimus, superne glaber, profunde 3-sulcatus. Stigma bre- 
viter 3-lobum, lobis obtusis, adpressis, glutinosis. Fructus 
carcerularisj chartaceus, valde birsutus, oblongus, calyce im- 
mutato inclusus, eo paulo longior, stylo persistente termi- 
natus, indebiscens, 3-loeularis, ssepius abortu 2- vel 1-loeu- 
laris, loculis monospermis. Semen ovatum, lenticulari-com- 
pressum, structura omnino ejus Colletice. 
Arbusculfe Chilenses valde ramosa, ramulis confertis, tortuosis, 
decussatim divaricatis et oppositis, juniorihus brevibus et spi- 
nosis ; folia Integra, oblonga, in petiolum brevem cuneata, sub- 
^-nervia, nervis parallelis costata, supra glauca, infra albido- 
sericea, e tuberculo majusculo infra spnnam egrediente cum flo- 
ribus glomeratim congesta ; flores fasciculati, albescentes. 
1. Talguenea costata, nob., Trav. ii. 529; Hook. Bot. Mise. iii. 
174 ; — Trevoa 5-nervia, Gill, et Hook. ibid. i. 1 58, tab. 45 b.; — 
Colletia Tralbuen, Bert. Colla, Mem. Torin. 37. p. 53, tab. 7 ; 
— arbuscula orgyalis, ligno duro rubro, tortuose ramosissima, 
ramulis fuscis, cinereo-tomentosis, spinosis, spinis decussatim 
oppositis, validiusculis, subulatis, folio subbrevioribus ; folds 
oppositis, vel e gemma squamosa sub singula spina enata 
plurimis aggregatis, oblongis, mucronatis, basi cuneatis, 
supra glauco-viridibus, parce pubescentibus, subtus pilis ad- 
pressis incanis sericeis, nervosis, nervis 5-7 subparallelis su- 
perne immersis, et bine profunde sulcatis, subtus nervis cos- 
tato-prominentibus, petiolo breviuseulo, sericeo ; stipulis 
squamosis, acutis, fusco-rubris, sericeis, ciliatis, linea trans- 
versali connexis ; fioribus 4-6, vel plurimis, in singulam 
gemmam conglomeratis, peduneulo calycis longitudine, to- 
mentoso, tubo calycino turbinato, extus pubescente, intus 
prsesertim infra stamina piloso, limbi laciniis 5, acutis, reflexis, 
tubo brevioribus ; petalis 5, niveis ; staminibus reconditis ; 
ovario piloso ; fructu calyce marcido incluso et eo paulo lon- 
giore, stylo piloso, aeuminato. — Chile, in Prov. centralibus. — 
V. V. prope Limacbe, Concon, Quillota, et aliis locis. — v. s. 
in herb. Mus. Paris. (Gay) ; in herb. Hook. (Cuming, 713 ; 
Bridges, 433) ; ibid. (Banda oriental. ?, Tweedie). Vernac. 
Talguen. 
Tbe trunk of tbe Talguen, on account of its hardness, is use- 
ful for turning-purposes ; but it is mostly employed in Chile as 
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