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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
Arbor Chilensis : folia alterna aut subopposita, oblonga, supra 
glabra, subtus lepidota, breviter petiolata, exstipulata ; racemi 
axillares, folio breviores, leproso-lepidoti ; flores parvi. 
1. Mxtoxicum punctatum, R. & P. Syst. Veg. Per. p. 260; 
Prodr. Flor. Per. et Chil. p. 131, tab. 21; Hook. Icon. i. 
tab. 12 ; Gay, Chile, v. 348 ; — ramulis teretibus, griseo- 
opacis, nigro-punctulatis, junioribus rufescentibus ; foliis sub- 
alternis vel oppositis, oblongis, utrinque subacutis, aut obtusis, 
subcoriaceis, supra in junioribus sparsini lepidotis, in adultis 
glabris, subtus e squamulis peltatis, radiatim nervosis, mai’- 
gine ciliatis dense griseo-furfuraceis et ferrugineo-lepidotis; 
petiolo brevi ; racemis simplicibus, axillaribus, folio paulo bre- 
vioribus, floribus parvis. — Chile, v. s. in herb, meo et aliorum e 
Quillota (Bridges, 505); Cauquenes; Concepcion (Macrae et 
Harvey) ; Valdivia (Bridges, 558) : Chile (Cuming) c?; Maule 
(Germain) $ . 
A tree of moderate size, growing sometimes to the height of 
40 feet, found in most of the central and southern provinces of 
Chile, where it is known by the several names of Aceytunillo, 
Palo muei'to, and Teque or Teke. Its leaves are 3 inches long, 
|-1^ inch broad, on a petiole of 3 lines; the axillary racemes 
are 1 inch long; the pedicels 1^ line, the flower in bud I^ line, 
the flower expanded 3^ lines diameter; the sepals ^ line diam.; 
the petals 2 lines long : the female raceme is shorter (3-6 lines 
long), with flowers similar in size to those of the d ; the drupe 
IS 4 lines long, 3 lines diameter*. 
Bursinopetalum. 
More than ten years ago, in alluding to the structure of this 
genus t, I suggested that its characters were more in accordance 
with the Aquifoliaceee than with Olacacece, to which family it 
had been referred. Since then (in 1855) Mr. Thwaites pub- 
lished an interesting note J, in which he stated that he had ex- 
amined living specimens, which led him to the conclusion that 
its real affinity was with Araliacece, pointing out the resemblance 
of its flowers to those of Hedera. I have recently repeated care- 
fully my former investigation, and am again struck with the 
many points of resemblance it offers to the structure of Villaresia. 
One of these characters — the imbricate aestivation of the corolla 
* This plant, with full analytical details, is figured in Plate 72. 
t Contributions to Botany, i. 29; Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. viii. 169. 
J Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vii. 242. 
