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banks oTCrlianging tlie sea at Berkeley Soimd, as to cover tliem ivitli a mantle of snow^ white during the spring
month of November. The plant is an exccUent antiscorbutic and agreeable pot-herb, though too acid except hi
tarts aud puddings.
XI. CELASTRIXEÆ, Br.
1. MAT TENÜS, Feuill.
1, M ay te n tts MageUanious, Hook. fil. ; ramis teretibus pubescentibus, fobis alterms glaberrimis elbp-
tico-ovatis utrinque attenuatis serratis coriaceis, floribus subsobtariis brevissime pedimculatis, bracteobs flm-
briatis, calycis segmentis rotundatis, petabs ovato-oblongis obtusis, antberis ovato-cordatis, capsula compressa
orbiculari-obcordata 2 -loculari 2-vahd 2 -sperma, seminibus basi aribo albido cupulari donatis, testa crastacca.
Cassine Magellanica, Lam. III. n. 2590. Encycl. Suppl. vol. ii. p. 130. Celastrus ? Magellanicus, EC. Prodr.
vol. ii. p. 8 . Celastrus MageUanicus, Hook. Icon. P la n i, t. 537. Eutbabs lucida, Bank s et Sol. in Bibl.
Banks earn, icone.
H ab . Strait of MagaUiaens ; Commerson. P o rt Eamiue ; Capt. King.
A plant, in eveiy respect so nearly related to the Mayieum Chilensis, that I think it right to remove it to that
genus from Celastnis. The only difference of stnictm-e lies in the cells of the capsule ot this, haring, as far as
I can observe, no trace of a second ovule, which exists in the above mentioned species, ripening into a perfect
seed. The characters that separate Maytenus from Celastrus are the sobtary ovule of the latter, and membranous
testa of its seed ; in this plant the testa is nearly cimstaceous ; while in M. Chilensis, though a Maytenus in habit and
in other respects, it is membranous. The size of the arillus is not of much importance, in the puesent species it is
short, and fonns a small cup to the base of the seed, and in the ChUian one it nearly envelopes that organ. Natural
habit is perhaps most useful in distingidshing some of these genera from others ; nothing can be more unlike the
type of the genns Celastrus (C, scandens, L.), than this ; for it not only closely resembles the M. Chilensis (the original
species), hut others, equaUy inhabitants of extra-tropical South America.
2. M TG IXD A , Jaeq.
1. M y g in d a disticha. Hook. fil. ; ramis puberulis distichis divaricatis, fobis glaberrimis altemis distichis
parris brevissime petiolatis bueari-oblougis subacutis integerrimis marginibus tenuiter recurvis uonnnUis
ajiiculatis, floribus axibaribus solitariis brevissime pedicellatis unifloris, capsula coriacea abortu I-loculari
1 -sperma, ariUo membranaceo fere operto.
H ab . Strait of Magalhaens ; Po rt Famine ; Capt. King.
Frutex V. Arlnicula ? Bami teretes, pube tenui fuliginoso donati, hic illio cicatricati. Folia perplurima, A nnc.
longa, omnia horizontaliter patentia, coriacea, uninèrvia, supra medio sulcata, cinereo-olivacea, sub lente subtilissime
nigro-pnnctata, subtus palbdiora, margine recnrvo, suprema apiculo caboso terminata, Flores inconspicui ; pedicclbs
bibracteolatis ; bracteobs margine cüiatis. Calycis segmenta rotundata. Pelala immatura calyce bis longiora, ovato-
rotundata. Capsula 3-bnearis, obbque oblonga, coriacea, bneis atris notata, intus costis 3 oppositis elevatis percursa,
bine spurie bilocularis. Semen unicum, capsulam totam implens, fnsco-brunneum, vix maturum, arillo membranaceo
imdulaio fere omnino indutum.
Of tbis plant I bave only the ripe fi-uit and very young buds ; it appears a trae Myginda, although with a coriaceous,
instead of a bony capsule. The leaves are constantly alternate, as they sometimes appear on the M. rhacoma
and M.pallens.
XII. RHAMNEÆ, Br.
1. COLLETIA, Comm.
I . CoLiETm discolor. H o o k ,; glaberrima, ramis rigidis teretibus parce fobosis Ibc ilbc spinosis,
fobis oppositis eUiptico-oblongis obovatisve obtusis obscure serratis in petiolum brevem attenuatis subtus pallidioribus,
peduncubs axibaribus unifloris, calyce quadrifido, fructu 3-cocco, coccis pilosis monospermis, testa
Crustacea nitida. C. discolor. Hook. Icon. P la n t, t. 538.
II,VB. Strait of Magalliaens, P o rt Famine ; Capt. King.
Frutex spinescens, spinis oppositis pleramque articulatis, rarius ad articulos fobiferis, ramis cortice lævi
obtectis. Folia A-imciaba, breve petiolata. subcoriacea, supra uigresceutia, subtus palbde rii-escentia, apice sæpe
emarginata. Fedieelli floriferi sub 2 bn. longi, fructiferi elongati, robusti, infra calycem gi-adatim incrassati. Calyx
urceolatus, Fructus majusculus, calyce dilatato suJfultus. Semina pobta, castanea.
XIII. LEGUMINOS/E, Jms.
1. ADESMDV, BC.
1. Ab esm ia pumila. Hook. fil. ; parce subriscide pubescens, caule brevi simpbci v. ramoso herbáceo,
stipulis late vaginantibus sursum in auriculas latas obtusas productis, petiobs gracibbus, fobobs 3 -5-jugis
coriaceis obovato-cuneatis obscure cibato-dentatis, peduncubs unifloris gi'acibbus petiolo æciuilongis, calyce
campanulato basi subæquali, vexillo calyce bis longiore dorso glabriusculo, stylo elongato, ovario pluriovulato,
legumine pubescenti bneari-compresso ad articulos crenato.
H ab. Strait of MagaUiaens, P o rt Gregory ; Capt. King. Cape N eg ro ; C. Barwin, Esq.
Herba pumila, 2- 6-unciabs. Jhfia | - 1 unc. longa ; fobola A miciaba, siccitate flavescentia, anguste obovato-
cuneata, apice rotundata, enervia. Flores soUtarü, suberecti. pro planta majusculi, flavi, pmqnn-ascentes P Vexillum
fere June, longum. Legumen sub lO-ailiculatum.
2. A desmia lotoicles, Hook. fil. ; appresse serìcea, canle basi dirfso lignoso gracili ascendente rarins abbreviato,
rarais terminalibns, stipulis late vaginantibus superne in auriculas breves divergentes productis, petiolo
uuUo, foliolis 2 iu stipulam sessilibus lanceolatis acuminatis utrinque sericeis, pedicellis axillaribus unifions
folio bis terve longioribus, calycis basi æqualis dentibus ovatis subulatis, vexillo dorso glaberrimo marginibus
sparse scriceo-cüiatis ungue brevi callo barbato aucto, alarum lamina lineari-oblonga, carina dolabriformi
marginibus subciliatis, stylo ascendente gracili elongato.
H ab. Strait of Magalhaens, Cape Gregory ; Caj)t. King. Elizabeth Island ; C. B a n o in , Esq.
Caules graciles, interdum spithamæi, rarius abbreviati, sublignosi. FoUa pilis sericeis appressis cana, basi in
stipulam vaginantem latiusciilam dilatata, nnc. longa, lanceolata v. elliptico-oblonga, acuta, integenima. Fedunculi
elongati, pubescentes. Flores suberecti, calyce sericeo, petalis flavis, vexillo fere unc. longo.
The species of tbis genus are particulaiiy numerous in Patagonia, considering tbe very scanty natiue of its Flora,
and arc cluiractciistic of a dry and ivarm cbmate, ratlier than of tbe Fuegian vegetation. Tims we do uot find them
on the ivcst coast of South America, southward of tbe parallel of Valdivia ; bnt on tbe east, they descend to 53°,
aud even enter tbe Strait of JIagalhaciis, inbabiting its shores so long as tbese partake of tbe character of tbe