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sublonfpusculo, sscpius ri^cnrvo; paniculis HTillaribas, rnulti- 
floris, pctiolo 2-plo longioribiis, sub Icntc obsob.-tc pulienilis, 
clcmurn subglabris; floribus 4- rariiis .'i-mcris, pc-talis oblongs, 
patcritibus ; ovario stif^atc rnajpio rnarnrnajformi 4-lobo 
sessiii apiculato; drupa ^lob^jsa, stif^natc rnainmillari coro- 
nata, — In prov. Kio Grande, ad FaxinaJ, at versus Rio Rardo 
(Honpland, no. 2425) 2 ; ear /ier6. I)elegsert, Kio de .lanein) 
(cult. ?), A. Richard ( )• 
This species is very nearly allied to the preceding, and appears 
to be one of the varieties which Dr. Reissirek has mistaken for 
the true Paraguay Mate-trei;. In the specimen collec-ted near 
Rio de .Janeiro, which seems to be the male plant (appertaining 
t^> the female, Honpland, no. 2425), the leaves are much darker 
and more polished; they are inch long, 8-0 lines hrcml, 
on a petiole ?> lines in length : the inflorescence is a branching 
corymb, 6-9 lines long, with lateral rzt^funrm: branchlets, eardi 
bearing three pcdiceiled small 4-merous flowers; the scjjals and 
petals have ciliated margins; the sterile ovary has a flat de- 
pressed 8-grwved summit, with an obsolete 4-lobf;d stigma. 
In Bonpland's female plant the leaves are similar in size and 
shape, but are much paler above and more glaucous below : its 
inflorescence is an axillary panicle, f>-12 lines long, with several 
pedicels, which are either 1- or 3-flowered; if l-flowr;red, the 
pedicel is 2-braf.'tf;ated below the middle, showing the point 
where the two ab^jrtive flowers would have been inserted ; these 
1-flowered pedicels are 2-3 lines long ; in the 3-flwered rami- 
fleations the ultimate pedicels are 1-2 lines long. This female 
flower is much larger than that of the male, and when expanded 
is 2 lines in diameter; it is generally 4-, sometimes 5-merous, 
the sepals and petals having ciliated margins; the ovary is 
somewhat oval, surmounted by a brge, mammiform, sessile, 
4-gromed stigma*. 
The two following species have been referred by botanists to 
the true Mate plant : — 
7. Ilex nigrf/fpj.nctata, nob. ; — Ilex Paraguayensis, rar. 7 , Hook, 
{rum in HmA. Jmm. Bot. i. 35. tab. 3. plant. r7; — 
Chomelia amara. Veil. Flor. Flurn. K)6. plant. $ ; — 
ramulis sulcatLs ; foliis oblongis aut oblongri-Iancerjlatls, utrin- 
que attenuatLS, apice obtusiusaalis, obsolete dentatis, dentibus 
glanduliferis, margine subrevoluto, supeme pallide viridibus, 
nitidiusCTilLs, ad costam sulcatis, utrinque nervr^is et reticu- 
lato-venosis, subtus (in sicco) flavido- vel glauco-viridibus et 
nigro-punctulatLs, costa prominente ; petiolo tenui, canalic'U- 
A drawing of this species is given in Plate 65 b. 
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