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subcordatis, apice acutis et aciculato-mucronatis, margine 
cartilagineo undulato-crispatis et crebre aciculato-spinosis, 
supra nitentibus Isete viridibus, subtus pallidioribus, utrinque 
reticulatis, subtus nervis arcuatis costaque prominentibus, 
glandulis porosis nullis, aut raris in axiUis nervorum ; petiolo 
brevissimo, supra complanato, subtus convexo^ et transversim 
ruguloso. — Concepcion, v. s. in herb. Hook, et Mus. Brit. 
(Cuming), sine flore. 
This plant differs from the typical species in its larger leaves, 
which are nearly sessile, very broad and subcordate at base, less 
coriaceous, very shining, the margin being very crispately undu- 
lated, and armed at the distance of 1 or 2 hnes with very sharp 
patent spines 1 line long; the poriferous glands are generally 
wanting, or, if present, are much smaller, and seldom in the 
axils of the nervures. The leaves are 2|-3| inches long, 14-2^ 
broad, on a petiole 1 hne long and 1 line broad*. 
3. Villaresia Congonha, nob. ; — Villaresia mucronata, Reiss, {non 
R.Si; P.) in Mart. Flor.Bras. fasc. xxviii. p.75,tab.22ettab. 14. 
fig. 18; — Ilex Gongonha, Mart. Reiss, {edit. Angl. ii. 100) ; 
Lambert. Pin. ii. Append, tab. 6 ; G. Don, Diet. ii. 18 ; — Cas- 
sine Congonha, Mart. Isis. 1824, p. 589; St. HU. in Guillem. 
Arch. Bot. i. 31 ; Spreng. Sgst. i. 939 ; — IMyginda Congonha, 
DC. Prodr. ii. 13; G. Don, Diet. ii. 16; — ramulis foliis ob- 
longo-ovatis, imo acutis, apice obtusioribus et valde mucro- 
natis, margine crassiusculo cartilagineo reflexo, rarius integro, 
ssepissime breviter et remote sinuato-spinosis, coriaceis, utrin- 
que subopacis, pallide viridibus, concoloribus, supra reticu- 
latis, subtus costa, nei-vis tenuibus venisque paulo prominulis, 
et hinc vesicula immersa poro aperta in axillis omnibus ner- 
vorum donatis, petiolo subbrevi, canaliculato ; racemis axil- 
laribus et terminalibus, subspicatis, bracteatis, flavido-pilosis ; 
ramis brevissimis, 3-floris, floribus parviusculis, sessilibus, 
bracteolatis, ramis basalibus iterum ramosis; sepalis parvis, 
rotundato- acutis, cihatis; petalis oblongo-linearibus, sub- 
spathulatis, suberectis, cucullatis ; staminibus brevissimis, se- 
palis vix longioribus ; ovario glabro, ventre 2-sulcato. — Bra- 
silia, in prov. australioribus et centralibus, v. s. in herb. Hook . ; 
Bio Grande et Entre Rios (Tweedie). 
This plant is considered by Dr. Reisseck to be identical with 
the typical species, of Chilian growth : it certainly resembles it 
in general appearance, but has several distinctly characteristic 
features. The leaves are differently shaped, and not so shining 
A representation of this plant is given in Plate 68. 
