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D’Urv. The irearest allies of this plant are its Australian and New Zealand representative, the J . carnom, Br.
(vid. Flor. Antarct. Pt. 1. p. 65), and the P . Andicola,, Gill. MSS.; the former of these differs in its shorter caplule,
differently shaped seeds, crowded, more fleshy foliage; the latter in its cmioits root and broader leaves, which are,
however, very unimportant characters.
The Port Gregory specimens, of which I have made variety f t ai-e perhaps drawn up, for the leaves are six
inches long, which is at least four times the length of those of the ordinary state of the species.
3. P lantago monanthos, D’U rv.; caulibus ramosis dense cæspitosis, foliis perplm-imis basi arcte vaginantibus
erectis subsquarrosis stellatim patentibusve anguste Uneari-elongatis obtusis obscure dentatis
marginibus cartilagineis pedunculis multoties longioribus basi glaberrimis, spicubs 1 - 4-floris, c a p u la
anguste clavata infra medium circumscissa parte inferiore calyce bis terve longiore. P. monanthos, D ’ Urv.
in Mém. Soe. L in n . Paris, vol. iv. p. 606. Gand. in Freyc. Toy. Pot. p. 133. Barneond, Monogr. Plantag.
p. 17. exclud. syn. P . carnosæ, B r . (T ab. CXXI.)
Var. a, fobis erectis subsqnarrosisve bneari-elongatis flaccidis.
Var. f t abbreviata; caubbus cæspitosis, fobis brevioribus substebatim patenti-recurvis.
Fax. y, muscoides; caubbus densissime cæspitosis, fobis brevibus arcte imbricatis marginibus cartila-
gbieis albis.
H ab. Var. a, Falkland Islands, B ’Urville, J .B .H .; Hermite Island, Cape H orn, in moist places, J .B .H .
Var. f t Hermite Island, amongst rocks ; var. y, tbe same locabty, in clefts of exposed rocks, J . B . H.
A very different plant from the P . carnosa, Br., under which M. Bameoud has included it, especiaUy in the
habit, stems, foUage, comparative length of the peduncle, shape of the capsule and form of the seeds.
' P late CXXI. Fuj. 1, flower and bracteæ ; Jig. 2, germen ; f y . 3 , ripe fruit ; Jig. 4, transverse section of ditto ;
Jig. 5, upper half of ditto, with dissepimeut and seeds ; flg. 6 and 7, dissepiment and seeds ; Jig. 8 and 9, front and
back view of seeds ; Jig. 10, longitudinal section of seed :—all i
P lantago hirtella, H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. x. p. 187. t .l2 7 . : p. 18.
H ab. Soutb Club ; Cape Tres Montes, C. Barwin, Esq.
Not at aU an uncommon Chilian and Buenos Ayrean plant, exceedingly variable in the breadth and pubescence
of the leaves, and also in the size of the flowers, which in these specimens are larger than in the figm-e
quoted. It is also a Brazilian species, and occurs on the mountains of Peru and Columbia, and is very nearly affied
to the PI. Virginica, L. The character of the segments of the corolla being patent or conniving is scarcely tenable
in this plant aud its alUes.
XLI. POLYGONEÆ, Jusi
1. POLYGONUM, L .
1. P olygonum Linn. Sp. P L p. 519. Engl. Bot.
p. 89.
H ab. South Chib ; Cape Tres Montes, C.
'. t. 2804. Meisner, Monogr.
cin,Esq.; Strait of M agalhaens; Po rt Famine, Capt. King.
There appears no difference between these specimens and those of British growth. In the southern hemisphere
the species occurs only at the Cape of Good Hope and in South CliiU.
2. RUMEX, L .
1. Rumex euneifolius, Campd., Monogr. des Bum. p. 95. PL Antarct. p t. 1. p. 67.
H ab . Soutb Ch ib ; Chonos Archipelago, C. Barwin, Esq.
2 . Rumex crispus, Linn., Ny,. PL p. 476. Engl. Bot. t. 1998. R. Patientia (?), Gaudichaud in Ann.
Sc. N a t. vol. vi. p. 101. B ’ Urv. in Mém. Soc. U n n . Paris, vol. iv. p. 60o.
H a b . Falkland Islands ; Berkeley Sound, undoubtedly introduced.
My specimens, though imperfect, are, I think, referable to this species.
3. Rumex Acetosella, Linn., Sp. P L p. 481. Engl. Bot. 1 . 1674. Gaudichaud and B ’ Urville, I. c.
H a b . Falkland Islan d s; abundant near th e settlements and on tb e mountains; Gaudichaud, fye.
This and the R. Acetosa, L„ included in Gandichaud’s list, I consider undoubtedly as mtroduced plants,
of whieh the seeds, being eaten by the hii-ds, are hy their agency transported to otherwise maccessible cliffs.
X L I I . C H E N O P O D IA C E Æ . Juss.
1. CHENOPODIUM, L .
1 . Chenoeodium glaucum, Linn., Sp. P L p. 320. Engl. Bot. 1 . 1454.
Var. f t divaricatum ; prostratum, ramosum, ramis gracibbus divancatis.
H ab. Var. f t Chonos Archipelago ; C. Barwin, Esq.
Evidently the 0. gUucum of Great Britain, though the stem is more diffusely branched than in most Enghsh
individuals. A precisely similar variety inhabits British North .America, bnt I have seen no specimens from any part
of the New World between that country and South Chib.
0 CHENOPODIUM macTOspermim, Hook.fil.; glaberrimum, non glaucescens, caubbus vabdis succulente
basi divaricatbn ramosis, fobis petiolatis deltoideo-oblongis obtusis sinuatis camosis, racemis composite
densifloris apbylbs bracteatis, seminibus majuscubs erectis subtibssime reticulatis.
H ab. Falkland Islands ; Berkeley Sound and St. Salvador Bay, near th e sea ; C. Barwin, Esq., J . B . H.
Caules e radice descendente fusiformi sohtarii v. plurimi, prosti-ati, 3-5-unciales, canaheulati v. angulati, crassi,
diametro peimæ anserinæ. Folia longe petiolata, petiolo une. longo, lamina æquilonga carnosa, utnnque opaca,
siccitate flavo-viieseentia. Flores fructusque multoties majores quam m affinibus.
This very distinct species has been used as a pot-herb by the colonists of the Falkland Islands, and was
deseribed to me as excellent. The great size of the seed at once distmgnishes it from its nearest European affies,
C rubrum, L., and C.pohjspermum, L. I have not included these two species under the genns Bliturn because the
seeds of C.glaucum oxt more frequently horizontal than erect, and neither of them possesses a ealj-x which is
materially thickened after flow-erhig.
X L I I I . P R O T E A C E Æ . Juss.
1. EMBOTHRIUM. Forst.
1. E mbothrium coceineum, Eorst., Gen. P lant, t. S. Comm. Soc. Beg. Goett. vol. ix. p. 24. Lamarcl,
Encycl vol. b. p. 351. Illu st, Gen. n. 1284. t. 55. f. 2. Brm m , in L in n . Soc. Trans, vol. x. p. 196.
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