minentibus, glabra, vel in e>. subtus pubescentia. Petiolus vix semiunciam longus, supra planus. Racemi sub-
paniculatì, axillares et terminales, nunc foliislougiores,uunc iis breviores. Pedunculi pedicellique magis minusve
pubesceuti-birsuti, bracteati ; bracteis parvis squamiformibus. Flores dioici. Masc. plerumque in racemis loii-
gioribus. Cai. 5-pai'titns, basi truncatus, laciniis erectis, oblongis, marginibus obscure ciliatis. Pétala 3, oblongo-
ovata, demum patentia. Stam. 10, 3 petalis opposita, 5 petalis ¡üterna, sub disco inserta. Filamenta brevia.
AnthertB oblongse, birimosie. Pistillum abortinun. Germen parviim, fere uullum, disco carnoso paterifoi-rai
coadunatum. Stylus brevis. Stigma 3-fidum, laciniis lineaiibus erectis. Fani. Cai. .et Coì\ ut in mare.
Stamina abortiva vix calycis longitudine. Pistillum; Gennen subglobosiun, uniovulatum, disco carnoso
inscrtum. Stylus germine brevius. Stigma 3-fidum, laciniis capitatìs, patentibus. Pericarpium; Drupa
sicca, fulva, nitida, magnitudine seminis Pisi salivi, stylo perbrevi terminata. Epicarpium tenue, fragile.
pMdoca?yzwni parcum, camosum. Naa: compressa, spb»rica. iSmen solitarium, inversum. ai-cuatus.
Podospemmm e fundo loculi ortum.
H-ab. Conception.—There are so many points in common between this plant and the Mauria simplici-
folia of Humb. and Kunth, Nov. Geu. v. 7. t. 603, that it is difficult not to believe them to be geoerically the
same : but in Mauria the llowers are henaaphrodite ; the stigma is solitary, thick, and angled, and the seed
is pendulous : whereas, except in habit, our plant differs only from the simple-leaved species of Rhus in the
greater number of its stamens ; whence we have been led to refer it to that genus. This, Dr. Gillies, to whom
we are also indebted for specimens, as well as to Mr. Cruckshanks and Mr. Bridges, considere to be the true
“ Laurus caustica'' of Molina, the Llithi or L itr i of tbe natives, on which our friend observes, “ The statement
made by Molina, relative to the poisonous nature of this tree, seems to be ivell founded ; as I am
informed, by several intelligent people, that individuals resting or sleeping under it at certain times of the
year, are afterwards attacked with eruptions all over the body.” We take this opportunity of stating, that
we are enabled to correct, by means of Mr. Cruckshanks’ remarks, a mistake in Feuillee, which has led
most succeeding botanists into a serious error. Feuillee, in his description, attributes the same properties
to this plant as Molina has since done, and says he has not seen the flower or fruit ; yet the figure to which
the name " L lithi" is aflEixed, represents a fruit larger than a chestnut; and Lamarck aud Sprengel have,
in consequence, described the Laurus caustica with such a fruit. But the whole has arisen from tbe names
in the plate having been engraved under the wrong figures ; the plant on the right without fruit is the Llithi ;
while that in fruit on the left is the Lucuma obovata.
Tab. v i i . Fig. 1, Male flower; Jig. 2, Female flower; flg. 3, Flower from which the calyx aud corolla
are removed; Jig. 4, F ru it; Jig. 5, Section of do.:—magnified.
O r d . X X L L E G U M IN O S ® . Juss. •
• 1. SPARTIUM. DC.
1. S.junceum. L in n .— De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 145.
H ab. Conception. Doubtless introduced from Europe.
2. TRIFOLIUM. Toum.
1. T. grandifiorum; c a u le re p e n te , foliolis o b c o rd a tis s tria tis clenticula tis p e tio lisq u e
pilo sis , s tip u lis o v a lib u s ap ic e lo n g e a ris ta tis , p e d u n c u lis v ix p ilosis ad s c e n d e n tib u s
p e tio lo trip lo lo n g io rib u s , c a ly c e c am p a n u la to p ilo so , la c in iis in ic q u a lib u s lan c eo la tis
tu b um s u p e r a n tib u s , c o ro llis c a ly c e 5 -6 - p lo lo n g io rib u s sca rio s is p e rs is te n tib u s .
H ab. Conception.—T o this species the T. obcordatum of Desvaux, from Buenos-Ayres, is, perhaps,
closely allied: but our plant belongs to a different section, the “ Lupinaster,” as does the next species. The
involucrum is small and many-leaved.
2. T. chilense ; caule diffuso glabro, foliolis anguste oblongo-obovatis argute denticu