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tatum, ovuUs 2 collateralibus a sumrao carinae suspensis ; vel 
rarius complete 2-loculare et ovulis 2 collateralibus in quoque 
loculo ad apicera dissepimenti affixis. Stylus bi’evis, crassius- 
culus, in ovario uniloculari unicus, sublateralis ; in ovario 2-lo- 
culari styli 2; stigma obliquum, obtusum. Drupa globosa, 
parce carnosa, endocarpio lignoso semisepto longitudinali 
superne latiore, incomplete 2-loculata, abortu monosperma. 
Semen cavitati loculi conforme, bine circa semiseptum lon- 
gitudinaliter plicatum ; integumenta dupla, tenuia, interius in 
rimulas albuminis immissum ; embryo intra albumen copiosum 
carnosum apicem versus nidulans, parvus; radicula supera, 
teres, cotyledonibus complanatis orbiculatis duplo longior. 
Arbores vel arbusculae Chilenses et Brasilienses, sempenirentes ; 
folia alterna vel subopposita, elliptica, Integra, vel spinoso- 
dentata, scepe rigide coriacea, glaberrima, petiolata ; inflores- 
centia axillaris vel terminalis, seepius spicatim racemosa ; flores 
albi, parvuli, citriodori. 
1 . Villaresia mucronata, R. & P.,Flor. Per. et Chil. iii. 9, tab. 231; 
A.Juss. Ann. Sc. Nat. xxv. 14, tab. 3. fig. 2 ; Gay, Chile, ii.l2 ; 
Reiss, in Mart. Flor. Bras. fasc. xxviii. p. 75 (in parte) ; — Citro- 
nella mucronata, D.Don, Edinb. Phil. Journ. xiii. 243 ; — Citrus 
Chilensis, Molina ; — ramulis flavidis, opacis, striatulis ; foliis 
ovato-oblongis, apice longe mucronatis, utrinque acutis, in- 
terdum imo obtusioribus, coriaceis, margine cartilagineo in- 
tegris vel rarius subsinuato-dentatis et obsolete spinosis, 
supra lucidis, Isete viridibus, subtus pallidioribus, opacis, costa 
mediana prominente ; nervis anastomosantibus venisque reti- 
culatis utrinque prominulis, subtus in axillis et in dichotomiis 
nervorum glanduda cava immersa poro aperto donatis ; petiolo 
brevi, rugoso, sub lente puberulo; paniculis terminalibus, 
folio multo longioribus, spicatim racemosis; rachi flavida, 
tomentella, ramis 3-floris patentibus calycibusque pubes- 
centibus ; petalis flavido-albis, glabris, odoratissimis ; drupa 
olivaeformi. — Chile, v. v., in provdneiis centralibus Naranjillo 
dicta, in australioribus Guilli-patagua nuncupata. 
A tree grounng in the central provinces of Chile, and extend- 
ing as far to the southward as 35° lat. : it grows to the height 
of 10-20 feet. In the Viceroy^s report to the King of Spain, 
enumerating the useful trees and shrubs of Chile, the Naranjillo 
of Aconcagua is said to be 50 or 60 feet high, and of sufficient 
girth to furnish logs 18 inches square and 21 feet in length. 
I have never seen or heard of its attaining any approach to 
that size. It has an erect trunk, with a broad spreading 
head and copious foliage. The wood is white and tough, with 
i fine grain, and is easily worked; when sawn, it makes good 
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