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H ab . Strait of Magalliaens, Commerson-, Po rt Famine, Capt. K in g ; Puegia, B a n h and Sola-nder,
ForHer, ^'c.
This very handsome plant seems confined to the extreme southem part of South America, witliout, however,
reaching Cape Horn itself ; it is very nearly allied to the Clillian B. lanceolatum, E. and P., hut difl'ers iu thé
nervation of tiie leaves.
p. 200. Embotluium ferrugineiun.
2 . LOMATIA, Brown.
1. L omatia fe rm g in ea , Broini; in L in n . Soc. Trane, vol. :
Cavanilles, Icoties, vol. iv. p. 59. t. 385.
H ab . Clionos Arcliipelago, C. Larwin, Esq.
Like tke fonner, tliis species has a veiy confined range, inhabiting the country between Valdivia aud the
Chonos Ai-chipelago, including Cliiloe, on the west side of the Andes only ; and, according to Cavanilles, it is
limited to places occasionaUy overflowed by the sea. JL. Bridges states that the native name is “ Romarilla
XLIV. SAXTALACEiE, Br.
I . XANODEA, Gartner, fil.
I . X anodea muscosa, Gaertner, de Fruct. vol. iii. p. 251. fc. 225. Gaud, in Aim. Sc. N a t. vol.v.
p. 101. t. 2. f. 3, et in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 4 42. W Jrv . in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris, vol. iv. p. 605. Banks
et Sol. MSS. in Bibl. Banks, cum icone. Balexerda muscosa, Commerson, JIS S .
H ab. Straifc of JIagalhaens, Commerson ; P o rt Eamiue, Capt. King ; Euegia, Good Success Bay, Banks
and Solander; Hermite I s la n d ,/ . 71.77; Ealkland Islands, very common ; Gaudichaud, ^c.
2. ABJOOXA, Cav.
1. A rjoona Fatagonica, Homb. efc Jacq.; stricta, erecta, ramosa, ramis simplicibus glaberrimis, foliis
sparsis patulis breviter subulatis rigidis glaberrimis nervosis, inflorescentia sericeo-tomentosa capitata,
bracteis concavis acutis tubo periantliii ^ brevioribus. A. Patagonica, Homb. et -Jacq. in Voy. au Pole Sud,
B o t .L i c o t.t .Y ó . L . si
H ab. Strait of J lag ^ lia en s ; P o rt Peckett, Messrs. Hombron and Jacquinot.
This plant, of which I have examined specimens gathered by Capt. King on the Patagonian coast, is very
probably only a variety of the A. tuberosa^ Cav., of the same country, which varies in the size of the leaves, and jn
their being smooth, pubescent, or tomentose. In Capt. King’s specimens they vaiy from 1-4 lines long. '
2 . Ahjoona Hook. 111.; caule erecto gracili simplici v. diviso, foliis flaccidis sæpius recurvis
elongato-linearibus acuminatis marginibus glaberrimis subenerviis, floribus paucis, bractea exteriore majuscula
cymbiformi obtusa glabrata, corolla extus sericeo-tomentosa fauce ampliata inter stamina fasciculis inconspicuis
pilomm articulatorum aucta, stigmatibus 3 brevibus.
H a b . Strait of JIagalhaens ; P o rt Gregory, Capt. K in g ; Cape X egro, C. Larwin, Esq.
Herha bi-tri-pollicaris. Caulis gracilis, erectus, simplex v. basi bis terve divisus. FoUa flaccida, suberecta,
unc. longa, sub 1 lin. lata, medio uninèrvia, apicibus acuminatis marginibus plerumque-reciu'vis. Bractea 2-^
lin. louga, dorso glabrata, marginibus ciliatis, bracteolis interioribus in tubum apice inæqualiter 3- 4 -fidum ovario
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subadlioerentem obscure coalitis, extus püosis. PeriautUam 4 - f unc. loiigum, extus pilis fulvis tomentosuvn, tubo
gi-aeUi superne ampliato, laciniis ovato-oblongis, fance inter stamina barbata, pilis brevibus flaccidis articulatis
creberrimeque transversim striatis. Stamina filamentis breviusculis, antherarum apicibus exsertis. Stigmata 3 parva,
inter tubum corollæ rétracta.
A very distmct species from the former, in the foliage especially. Hitherto it has been found in the Straits ot
JIagalhaens only.
X L V . T H Y A IE L EÆ , Juss.
1. DEA PE TES , Lam.
I . D eapetes iiiuscosa, Lamarck, Journ, d ’H ist. N a t. vol. i. p. 186. t. 10. f. 1. Gartner, de Ernct.
vol. iii. p. 199. t. 215. Jm s . in Annales du Mas. vol. vü. p. 479. Boiret, Encycl. Suppl. vol. ii. p. 523.
t. 915. f. 1. E ' U n . in Mém. Soe. L in n . Baris, vol. iv. p. 605. B a n h et Sol. M S S . in B i ll. Banks, cum icone.
H a b . Strait of Magalliaens, Commerson; and tliroughout Fuegia, on th e mountains. Banks and
Solander, Capt. King, ^ e . Falkland Islands, L ’ U n ille , J . L . II.
A cimoiis little plant, confined in its geographical range to tbe mountains of Antarctic America, and represented
in New Zealand by a very similar one, formmg its only congener, the D. BieffenbacUi, Hook. (Lond.
Jouim. of Bot. vol. ii. p. 497. t. 17). However similar the two plants are in habit and in their more important
structural characters, differences exist which some botanists may deem of generic value ; tbese are, tbe cylindrical
continuous base of the perigonium, thickened faux and capitate glandular stigma of the New Zealand species,
contrasted with the jointed angulated tube of the perigonium in the Antarctic American plant, which has au
eglandldose faux and plumose stigma. The thickeiiing of the throat of the perianth in B. Duffenbachii, which almost
causes the faux to be closed with scales, is effected hy the three nerves of each segment being there joined by
anastomosing venules, whilst in B. muscosa they run free to tbe apex of the segment.
X L V I . U R T IC E Æ , Fuss.
1. UETICA, L.
1. UllTlc.A Dai'wiiiii, Hook, f il; caide gracüi erecto sparsissime püoso v. glaberrimo, foliis membranaceis
oppositis petiolatis ovatis acuminatis grosse æqualiter crenato-serratis basi rotundatis 3-nerviis
utrinque subtüissime punctatis tenuiter puberulis, petiolo gracüi, stipulis Hneari-oblongis subacutis, floribus
glomeratis glomerulis setosis in spicas graciles interruptas petiolo longiores dispositis.
H ab. Chonos Arelupelago, C. Larwin, Esq.
Caulis peuua corvina tenuior, flaccida, glaberrima, v. pilis raris albidis valde inconspicuis sparsa, internodiis
l i uncialibus. Stipulæ 3 lin. longm, subacutæ. Petioli uuc. longi, graciles parce puberuli. Folia 2-3 unc.
longa, I k - l i lata, grosse crenato-serrata, segmentis sinubusque latis acutis. PediceUi axillares, subquaterai, patidi,
pendali, petiolo A v. bis longiores. Flores iu glomerulos sparsos congesti ; glomerulis setosis, paucis inferioribus
masculis ceteris foemineis.
In appearance tbis very closely resembles the P ika pumila of North America, though it is more nearly related
to the Urtica graciUs of the United States. Both this latter plant and the U.Bancinii differ from U. dioica, L., in
the much larger flowers and achænia.
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