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256 FLO RA ANTARCTICA. [Fuegia, the
plains of South-eastern America. Many of the Patagonian species being new, I have di-aivn up a list of them, with
characters of those hitherto undeseribed, which is added below.*
* Enumeration of the species of Adesmia, inhabiting the plains of Patagonia, between the latitudes of Bahia
Blanca 42° south, and the Strait of Magalhaens, and between the Andes on the west, and shores of the South Atlantic
on the east.
1. Inermes, fo r ik is axillaribus solUariis, foliis 2-3 foliolatis.
1. A. suffocata, n. sp. ; pumila, argenteo-sericea, dense cæspitosa, caule lignoso ramoso, ramis robustis siibtortis
basi vestigiis foliorum tectis apicibus foliosis, fohis confertis trifohatis brerfter petiolatis, fobobs erectis obovatis
integeiTimis, floribus inter foha sessihbus, calyce brerfter campanulato segmentis subacutis, vexiho late orbiciilato
dorso sericeo marghiibus inflexis, ahs longe miguiculatis lobulo intus bai-bato, carinæ petahs falcatis cymbiformibus
longe unguieulatis dorso sericeis, stylo breviusculo.
H ab. PortDesb-e; C. Bai'win, Esq.
Rami crassitie pennæ corvinæ, hgnosi. Folia ^ u n c . louga, petiolo vahdo 2 lin. longo albido-villoso, foholis
conduphcatis utrinque dense sericeis. Fedunculi brevissimi. Calyx basi superne gibbosus. Vexillum majusculum,
coriaceum.
2. A. lotoides, n. sp. v. supra.
Var. 0, vagiiiata ; petiolo perbrevi fohohs longioribus, stipulis majoribus, vexillo extus sericeo basi caUo barbato
destitute, calina angustiore.
H ab. Strait of Magalhaens, Cape Gregory; Capt. King. Elizabeth Island; C. Bartcin, Esq. Var. jS, Port
Desire ; C. Bancin, Esq.
2. Inermes, floribus axillaribus solitariis, foliis pinnatis.
3. K pumila, n. sp. v. supra.
H ab. Strait of Magalhaens ; Capt. King, C. Barwin, Esq. Cape Fab-weather; Capt. King.
4. A. villosa, n. sp. ; tota phis molbter sericeis patentibus obtecta, caule herbáceo prostrato ascendente pai-ce
diviso, stipuhs membranaceis majuscuhs sursum in auriculas breves obtusas productis, petiolis gracihbus, foholis 5-7-
jugis obovato-cuneatis utiinque sericeis, peduncubs petiolo brevioribus, floribus amphs, calyce membranaceo segmentis
eloiio-atis lineari-subulatis, vexillo calycem paulo superante orbiculato extus phoso, stylo elongato, legumine
2-3-articulato ad articulos constricto subsericeo, seminibus paucis.
Hab. Port Desire ; C. Barwin, Esq.
Herba 2-3-imciahs, habitu Astragali. Folia patentia, 1-1-g- unc. longa, fohohs i unc. stipuhs vaginantibus æquilongis.
Flores conspicui. Calyx superne gibbosus, laciniis gradatim acuminatis, pihs sericeis tectis, inferioribus
reflexis. Corolla ut videtur flava.
5 . A, laiuxta, n. sp. ; tota lanata, caule basi hgnoso diviso, ramis diifusis suberectis gracihbus teretibus, stipuhs
subvaginantibus in aui-iculas acutas divergentes productis, fohohs parvis 3-5-jugis hneari-oblongis obtusis, pedunculis
foho brevioribus, calyce elongato lacmhs hneari-subulatis, vexillo calyce paulo superante ehiptico-oblongo dorso tomentoso,
alarum unguibus laminis æquüongis, stylo elongato, legumine 3-articulato, semiuibus latis.
H ab. Port Desire; C. Barwin, Esq.
Radix hgnosa. Rami 6 unc. longi, gi-acües, teretes, ut tota planta, pube molli lanata tecta. Stipula I J liu.
longæ. Petioli une. longi, gracües. Foliola angusta, patentia, 2 hn. longa. Flores forma et magnitudine Videe
sativa, purpureæ? Alarum nervi medh trabeculis arcuatis connexi. Legumen ad articulos rix contractum.
FalMands, e tc ] F L O E A ANTAECTICA,
2. TIGLI, L.
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1. V icia Magellanica, Hook.fil.; glabriuscula, caule gracili angulato flexuoso parce folioso apicibus
solummodo puberulis, stipulis semisagittatis apice lobuloque acuminatis, petiolis elongatis, foliolis unijugis
3. Inermes, JlorAm racemosis, foliis pinnatis.
6. A. SmitlUa!, DC. Prodr. vol, ii. p. 319.
H ab. Baida Blanca ; C. Darwin, Dsg.
7. A, affinis, p. sp. ; glanduloso-piibescens, caule decumbente (?) berbaceo ramoso, stipulis parvis, foliis impai'i-
pimiatis, foliolis 6- 7 -jugis petiolatis lineari-oblongis emm-ginato-trimcatis obseure ciliato-dentatis, pedunculis axil-
lai-ibns nudis elongatis. floribus parvis pedicellatis, calyce mquali basi 6-fido segmentis acutis, vexiUo calyce subduplo
longiore.
Hab. Baliia Blanca ; C. Barwin, Esq.
Ab A. dentata cui proxima differt fohohs hneai-i-oblongis, et junioribus glabriuscuhs non subtomentosis ; ab
A . Smithia racemo nudo, calyceque vexillo breriore.
8 . A. conferta, Hook, et Arn. in Bot. Beechey, p. 20. et in Miscell. vol. hi. p. 189.
H ab. Port St. Jiüian; C. Barwin, Esq.
. ut videtui- late diffusa, per utramque oram Americse Meridionahs inter gradus lat. merid. 33° et 50°
obvia.
9. A. candida, n. sp. ; fi-utescens, tota tomento tenui arcte appresso candida, ramis hgnosis teretibus superae
paniculatim ramosis, fohis spai-sis, stipiüis parris deciduis, petiolo crassiusculo compresso superne canahculato sub-
articulato, fohohs 3-5-jugis ovali-oblongis utiinque rotundatis coriaceis integerrimis enerviis, racemis terminahbus
laxis, floribus pendulis breriter pedicehatis, basi bracteolatis, calyce sericeo-pubescente vexillo glaberrimo \ breviore
segmentis subacutis.
H ab. Patagonia, east coast ; Mr. Eights.
Rami vahdi, hgnosi, crassitie pennæ anatinæ, teretes. Folia f-unciaha, foliohs 2-4 lin. longis, marginibus
subrecurvis. Flores parri, J imc. longi, pedicellis bis longioribus.—A . pediceUata affinis, sed differt præcipue pedi-
eelhs brevibus. Ad sectionem Chatotiicham, DC. pertiuet.
1 0 . K grisea, n. sp. ; suffrutescens, incano-pubescens, ramis ramuhsque gi-acüibus subflexuosis, stipuhs parvis
subulatis, petiolo gracüi, fohohs 3-5-jugis hneari-obovatis obtusis apiciüatis iutegeniniis utrmque appresse subsericeis,
racemis siibtermiiiahbus elongatis paucifloris, pedicelhs brevibus basi bracteolatis calyce brerioribus, segmentis caly-
cinis brevibus subulatis, vexülo dorso sericeo.
H ab. Patagonia, south latitude 40°; Mr. Tweedie.
Cfcrw/wprostratiis? Rami teretes, crassitie pennæ passerinæ, spithamæi, grisei. Folia polhcaria, fohohs 2-3 hn.
longis, hn. latis, nervo in mucroiiem brevem desinente percui'sis. Flores versus apices peduncuh gi*acüis pauci
sub 5, flavi, J ixiic. longi, vexiho calyce bis longiore. A.incana, Vogel, affinis, sed rami non patentim püosi, nec
foliola acuminata.— Species altera simühma, A. angulata, müii, ad fliimen Uraguay a Tweedie detecta, differt ramis
ascendentibus angulatis, floribus majoribus, segmentisque calycinis elongatis.
11. A. boronioides, n. sp. ; suffruticosa, glaberrima glandulis verrucæformibus undique sparsa, caiüe ramisque
ascendentibus teretibus lignosis articulatis, fohis elongatis, stipuhs inconspicuis, petiolo crasso, fohohs parris alternis
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