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bably a variety of A . decapetala, judging from tbe description given in Walpers. As neai-ly allied to this genus I
may here mention the Hamadryas andicola. Hook. (Ic. Plant, t. 136), which is the Hepática? inteyrifoUa, II. B. K.
I have examined specimens of this with ripe fru it: the carpels are few, large, and tm-gid, slightly haii-y, the style
long aud filiform: the seed large, minutely pimctate, and pendulous, by a short fimiculus from a point a little below
the apex of the cell, chai-acters which wül remove it from Hainadryas.
2. EAM JN CU LH S, C.Banh.
^He catonia, glabenima, fo liis i
1. E antjnculus hiternatus, Smith, in Ii(7. Fe/. vol. i. p. 236. P w / r , vol. i. p. 30.
Deless. Icon. vol. i. t. 24. Hook. Icon. P la n t, t. 497. E . exiguus, DXJrv. Mem. Soc. L in n . Paris, vol. iv.
p. 615. Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 136. E . flaccidus. B ank s et Sol. MS S . in Mns. Banks.
H ab . Commerson, B anks, djxà. Solander. Darwin. Hermite Island i>. J /. Falkland Island ;
D Urville, M r. Wright, Capt. Sulivan, &c.
Rather a variable species, especially in size, in the breadth of the segments of the leaves, and in the number of
petals. The R. exiguus, B ’Urv., is a smaU state of this plant, common in the Falklands. The heads of carpels are
very large in proportion to the size of the foliage, and especiaRy of the flower.
2. E anttncultjs erassipes, Hook. fil. ; glaberrima, crassa et camosa, caule repente, foliis longe petiq-.
latis cordato-reniformibus tiifidis trilobatis tripartitisve segmentis grosse inæqualiter 3-5-creuatis, pedunculis
petiolo brevioribus, sepalis glaberrimis demum reflexis, petalis 4 - 6 obovato-spathulatis obtusis flavis, capitulo
majusculo, carpellis plurimis late ovatis turgidis, stylo brevi recto. A n a E . biternato distincta ? (Ta b .
LX X XI.)
H ab. Kerguelen’s L a n d ; in moist places near the sea, abundant.
Caules spithamei, ad nodos radicantes, crassitie pennæ corvinæ. Petioli 1—4 une. longi. Folia varie secta,
plerumque ti-ifida v. tripartita, segmentis late cuneatis. Pedunculi axillares, vahdi, erecti. Flos sohtai'ius, meonspi-
cuus. Sépala ovata, obtusa, membranacea. Petala 4 -5, calyce longiora, 1-^ lin. longa, 3-nerria, versus medium
glándula opaca instructa. Capitula u t in R. hiternato sed styRs strictis.
I advance this species with much hesitation, as it may prove only a variety of R. hiternatus, from the largest
states of which it is to be distinguished by its stRl greater size, more succulent habit, and especiaRy by the more
entire leaves, with much broader segments. These are, however, variable characters in both species, and some imperfect
specimens of the former from Hermite Island assume a much larger size than others from the Falklands or
from the northern parts of the Fuegia.
P late LXXXI. Fig. 1, a flower ; f g . 2, a petal ; fig. 3, a stamen ; fig. 4, an ovarium ; fig. 5, a ripe carpel ;
fig. 6, the same cut open showing the seed :—aR ?
* * Hecatonia, q
3. B amjncultjs chilensis, DC. Syst. Veg. vol. i. p. 286. Prock. vol. i. p. 38. Cham, and Schlecht.
Animadv. p t. 2. p. 27. Hook, and Arn. Bot. Beechey, p. 4. t. 3. Bo t. Miscell. vol. iii. p. 134.
H ab. Cape Tres Montes and Chonos Archipelago; C. Darwin, Fscp
A very variable plant in habit (being either erect or creeping) and in the state of pubescence, in the size of tbe
leaf and flower, and also in length of the petioles and pedimcles : it is abundant throughout ChiR, and possibly assumes
a different form in a warmer latitude. In Mr. Darwin’s specimens the flowers are small, scarcely 3-4 lines in diaÌ
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Falklands, e tc ] F LO EA A N TA E C T IC A . 2 2 5
meter; in others from Valdivia they are double that size, and even larger have been gathered by Mi'. Cruickshanks
near Valparaiso, It does not appear to inhabit the cast coast of Patagonia j hut I have examined what I take to be
a mutilated specimen, coUected by Mr. Darwin in the central regions of that coimtry near the river Santa Cruz, which
flows from the Andes to the Atlantic.
4. peduncxtlaris, in Bees Cyclop. DC. Syst. Veg. P iW r. vol. i. p. 41.
Deless. Icon. vol. i. t. 42. Hook, and Arn. in Bo t. Miscell. vol. iii. p. 134.
H a b . Strait of MagaRraens; in th e margins of woods; Commerson. Cape N eg ro ; C. Darwin, Esq.
Closely alRcd to the last species, from which it seems constantly to differ in the naiTow segments of the leaves,
and the stouter and uniformly erect habit. The whole plant is more or less clothed with haii's, the Strait of
Magalhaens specimens less so than those from more northei-n locaRties. I t appears to be common in ChiR on the
western flanks of the CordiReras, whence Dr. GRRes procured it _at an altitude of 5000 feet, and Mr. Bridges
upon the east slopes of that range, but it is uot a native of the Atlantic side of South America. The R. poly-
petalus, GRRes MSS., is quoted iu the Botanical MisceRany as a state of this species; it may be distinguished,
perhaps specificaRy, by the smaRer size of the leaves, wMch are aR radical, and their segments so remote that the
leaf is truly pinnate, the scape too is single-flowered, aud it approaches more nearly to a Pei-uvian species.
5. Maclovianus, D’U rv .; acaulis v. subacaulis, appresse pilosis, foliis radicalibus longe
petiolatis erectis reniformi-rotundatis trifidis trilobatisve segmentis grosse et acute dentatis, pedimcuRs foHo
brevioribus e ramulis abbreviatis ortis, sepaRs viRosis, petalis flavis spathulatis, capitulo globoso, carpeUis
glabriuscuhs, stylo b rcri subunciuato. E. Maclovianus, D U r v . in Mem. Soc. L in n . Paris, vol. iv. p. 615.
Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 136. E . paxviflorus. Gaud, in Ann. Sc. N a t. vol. v. p. 105.
H a b . Falkland Islan d s; moist places, abundant; Gaudichaud, D U r v ille , J . D. I I . and Dr. L ya ll.
Cfe«//« nuRus V. abbreviatus. Folia fere omuia radieaRa; petioR 2-6 mic. longi, gracRes, suberecti; lamina
basi profimde cordata, k—|- unc. lata, pOis flavis sericeis utrinque tecta. Pedunculi 3-5, rarius soRtai-u, J - a unc.
longi, erecti, radicales v. e ramis abbreriatis orti. Sepala 5, ovata, obtusa, ti-inervia, demum subreflexa. Fetala
sepaRs longiora, medio squama instructa. Carpella ovata, turgida, glabra v. laxe et sparse pRosa.
Tliis plant is most nearly aRied to the R. Chilensis, which I have noticed as a very variable species, but the
present is smaRer and more slender in aR its parts, the leaves are aR radical and it never creeps. Walpers (Repertor.
vol. i. p. 44), erroneously quotes, as a variety of this, the R. exiguus, D’Urv., which is, however, certainly a state of
R. hiternatus, Sm.
6. Rgmns'cuLUS sericocephalus, Hook, fil.; depressus, acaidis, totus piRs fulvis sericeis dense vestitus,
foRis radicaRbus steRatim patentibus orbiculari-renifoi-mibus ii-regulariter 3-7-fidis lobis gi-osse crenato-dentatis,
pcdiuicuRs brevissimis, floribus parvis inconspicuis, carpelRs dense sericeis. (Ta b . L X X X III.)
H ab. Falkland Islands ; on moist banks witli tlie former ; M r. Chartres, I . D. I I . and Dr. LyaU.
Planta piisRla, depressa, valde inconspicua, tota pilis fiavis sericeis patentibus tecta. Caules brerissimi v.
iiuRi. FoUa steRatim patentia, petiolo longo ; lamina basi cordata, plenunque 5-fida, rarius trifida v. tvRobata,
subcoriacea, A unc. lata. Flores inter foRa subsessRes ; pediceRi interdiun e ramis brevissimis orti. Sepala
late ovata, intus 3-nerria, patentia. Petala anguste spathulata, obtusa, flava, versus medium squama parta instructa.
Carpella pRis patentibus obtecta ; stylo brevi unciuato.
Tliough in many respects closely aRied to the former, tliis seems to me quite a different species ; while
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