connected from tlie temperate regions of tlie North, in the case of Australia and New Zealand by water, and of the
Cape by the deserts of Africa. This absence of Eu li is certainly an anomaly in the Chilian, Fuegian, and Patagonian
Floras, which more fnUy represent in other genera common forms of European vegetation than do any other countries
in the same latitudes.
This plant takes the place of P. mxatilk of the northern hemisphere and of E. Gimnmnm of Tasmania. It is
one of the few esculents of Euegia and the Ealkland Islands; the berries being abuost as large as raspberries, of
tbe colour of tbe Scottish cloudberry, B. cliammarm, and with a very agreeable flavour.
4. FEA G A S IA , Tm m .
1. F eag.u íia CUlensw-, E h r. B e itz. vol. vii. p. 26. Lam. B ic t. vol. Ü. p. 537. BC. Prodr. vol.ii.
p. 571. Hook, et Arn. in Bo t. Miscell. vol. hi. p. 305.
H a b . Chonos Archipelago; C. Barwin, Esq.
I have seen only one specimen, which is stunted and has a very large rhizoma. Tbe species inhabits the west
coast of North America attaining the parallel of 48°. The leaflets are frequently remote, and in an individual from
the Saskatchawau river there is only a solitary leaflet to one of the petioles.
5. POT EN TILLA, Nestl.
1. P otentilla anserina; Linn. Sp. P I. 710. BC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 588. Engl. Bot. t. 861.
H a b . Chonos Archipelago; C. Barwin, Esq.
A very widely diffused plant in the northern hemisphere, and perhaps not uncommon in the southern, being
foimd hoth in Chiloe and Chili, though possibly introduced. I t grows throughout Europe, from the shores of the
Mediterranean to the Arctic Sea ¡ over off Asia to the north of the Altai range; in North America from latitude 40°
to Whale-fish Island in 70° north latitude, and from the Oregon Eiver to Kotzebue’s Sound on the west coast.
It is frequent in Tasmania, but is not indigenous there.
6 . ACiENA, Vahl.
1. AciNA (Euacmna) pumila, T a h l; tota glaberrima, radice descendente, caule brevissimo simplici,
foliolis panns 1 0 - 1 2 -jugis oblique ovatis obtusis grosse crenato-serratis valde coriaceis margimbus subre-
cuTvis supra vernicosis subtus glaucis, pedúnculo scapifoimi, floribus panfls in spicam gracilem dispositis
sessilibus, calyce elliptico aristis brevibus apice glochidiatis undique armato, petalis oblongis obtusis superne
pilosis, staminibus 4 brevibus, stigmate depresso pateUiformi marginibus fimbriatis. A. pumila, V a il, Emm..
v o l.i. p. 298. DC. P ro ft vol. ii. p. 593. Lasiocarpus humilis. Banks d Sol. M S S . in Mus. Banks, atm
icone. (T a b . XLV.)
H a b . Strait of Magalhaens; Cowwmoffl. P o rt Famine; Capt. King. Good Success B ay ; ««<7
Solander. Hermite Is la n d ; J . B . H.
Radix 3-poIlicaris, crassa. descendens. Caulis vix uncialis, vaginis castaneis foliorum tectus. Folia untbque
patentia, 3 unc. longa, petiolo basi vaginante; foliolis sub L unc. longis, supra luride virescentibus sed nitentibus
quasi vernicosis, impresso-lineatis, subtus pallidis venosis. Scapus gracilis, teres, erectus, foliis abbreviatis 2-3 auctus
superne pubescens. Spica post anthesin uncialis, floribus remotis brevissime petiolatis basi bracteolatis; bracteolis
lobatis. Fructus 1 lin. longus, luride fusco-pnrpnreus. Semen compressum u t in congeneribus.
A most distinct and pretty little species, certainly belonging to the group Euacma, though that, as now
constituted, is very artificial. The present forms one of a smaU section in which the spike is truly elongated,
the fruit compressed and covered with short glochidiate setæ, and which have a depressed stigma. To the same
group belong A. latebrosa, Ait., A. elongata, Linn., A. lappacea, E. and P.. and A. myriophjlla. Lindi., with,
amongst others, a new species from Monte Video*.
P late XCV. Fig. 1. portion of peduncle, bracteola, and flower ; fig. 2, stigma ; fig. 3, ripe fruit cut open,
showing the seed ; fig. 4, embryo removed from the seed :—aU magnified.
2. A cæna cuneata. Hook, et A m .; argenteo-sericea, caide brevi? decumbente, foliolis 4 - 7 -jugis
oblique obovato-cuneatis superne grosse mciso-dentatis utrinque sericeis supremis basi supra petiolum deorsum
productis, pedúnculo scapiformi valido, floribus paucis majusculis remotis v. subgloboso-spicatis, petaUs
dorso sericeis, staminibus 2 filamentis subelongatis, stigmate depresso, fructibus obovatis tetragouis monospermis
V. latioribus compressis et dispermis undique spinis apice glocliidiatis basi dilatatis armatis. E. cuneata,
Hook, et Arn. in Bo t. Miscell. vol. ill. p. 307.
H .a b . Strait ot Magalhaens ; Cape Gregory ; Capt. King.
Caulk validus, 2-3-unciabs, ascendens. Folia 3-6 unc. longa, foliolis .i—L imcialibus. Pednnadi pedales,
fobis paucis abbreviatis instructi. Bracteolæ lineares. Flores exemplaribus Cliilensibus virides, Patagonicis luride
fusco-purpurei.
Capt. King’s specimeus exhibit ripe fruit only, whilst those from Chili, gathered by Bridges and Cuming, are
in flower. The fruit is often formed of two carpels and then is compressed; the arming is different from that of
the last species and consists of strong short spines, very broad at the base, sometimes arranged in rows, so as to
give a pectinated appearance. Both in the form of the fruit and in the nature of the glochidiate spines, this is
alKed closely to A ,pinnatifida, R. and P., and A. trifida, R. and P. The A. cylindristachya, R. and P., is figured by
its describers as sometimes bearing two cai-pels ; it is quite a distinct species, though nearly allied to a Carthagenian
one, A. macrorhiza\, mihi.
3. A cæna (Ancistrum) multifida, Hook. fil. ; tota pilis sparsis villosiusculaj caule gracili ascendente
simpHci V. superne pluries diviso, foliis linearibus, petiolis gracilibus, foliolis varie profunde sectis ad costam
* A . Moiite-Vidensis, n. sp. ; laxe villosa, pilis patentibus, foliolis oppositis alternisque 7-9-jugis lineari-oblongis
inciso-pinnatifidis laciniis plurimis obtusis supra glabris subtus sericeis, pedúnculo villoso folioso, spica interrupta
elongata cylindracea obtusa, floribus parvis sessilibus, petalis glabriusculis, staminibus 2-4, stylis plerumque 2,
stigmatibus depressis plumosis, fructibus late oblongis compressis undique setis brerfbus apice glochidiatis armatis.
H ab. Monte Video ; Capt. King.
Species satis distincta, tota pilis mollibus patulis fuhis vestita.
Radix basisque caidis desunt. Folia 4 unc. longa, foliolis J-uncialibus sessilibus. Spica 2 unc. longa. Flores
sub 1 liu. longi, petalis fusco-rubris.
t A. macrorhiza,n.%'ç.; radice crassissimo descendente, caule subnullo, foliis lanceolatis, foliolis 15-20-jugis
lineari-lanceolatis subacutis sessilibus basi oblique subcordatis seiratis segmentis penicillatis supra pubescenti-pilosis
subtus petiolisque pulcherrime argenteo-sericeis, pedmiculis elongatis scapiformibus sericeis, spica fiorifera densa
cylindracea obtusa, staminibus 4, stigmate depresso, fructibus oblongis tetragonis compressis glaberrimis spinis 4
inæquüongis ai-raatis.
H ab. Carthagena; high mountains above St. Sebastian ; Furdie.
A. cylindristacliyce habitu foliisque simülima, sed fructu diversissima.
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