9. VICIA. Tourn.
1. r . nigricans; pubescens, caule tetragono, ibliolis 0 -1 0 oblongo-ellipticis obtusis
alternis, cirrliis tlivisis, stipulis semisagittatis, pedunculis folio duplo longioribus multifloris,
floribus coiifertis, calycis dentibus 2 superioribus subnuUis inferioribus subulatis, medio
elo n g ate tubum superante, stigmate barbato.
Hab. Couceptiou.—This seems to be a long str-aggliiig plant, which always turns black in drying, like
Orohus nigcr. The loallets ai'c r-ither more than an inch long; the llowere almost ciipitatc.
2. V. parviflora ; p arce pilosa, foliolis 3 -4-jugis anguste linearibus acuminatis, cirrhis
subsimplicibus, stipulis semisagittato-liiiearibus integris, pedunculis folio brevioribus
bifloris, calyce brevi-campanulato dentibus lanceolatis tubum mquantibus, corolla glabra,
leguininibus 6-spermis lanceolatis compressis, suturis pilosis.
Hab. Conception.—This species is closely allied in h.abit to E)~vum tetraspciinuin, and has an equally
sm-all flower : but tbe shape of the legiuneu is very different, and the stigma is that of a Vida.
3. V. linearifolia ; to ta pilosa, caule angulato, foliolis 5-jugis linearibus retusis, cirrliis
subsimplicibus, stipulis latiusculis semisagittatis basi dentatis impunctatis, floribus subsessilibus
solitariis, calyce campanulato villoso dentibus subulatis submqualibiis, corolla
glabra, legumine hirsiito.
Hab. Couceptiou.—In some respects this approaches Vida Micliauxii, Spr., but there is no sjiecies
with which it quite coincides iu chai-acter. The flowers are not half the size of those of Vida sativa, with
some of the narrow-leaved varieties of which it coincides iu other respects.
10. LATHYRUS. Lmn.
1. L . sessilifolius ; glaber nigricans, caule angulato vix alato, foliis unijugis petiolo
perbrevi cirrhifero, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis stipula seniisagittato-ovata petiolum qua-
H a e . Valparaiso. Mr. Bridges.
S e c t. II. Perennes herbacece, racemi longissimi aphylli teminaies panicvlati.— Habitus Onohryckidis.— Hue forsan A.
dentata, bicolor, pendala et punctata. De Cand., at de duratione nihil prostat ; certe tainen A. papposa, atque
3. A. confería; adscendens pubescens, foliolis 6-jugis obovato-obloogis retusis cum mucrone versus petioli apicem
approximatis, racemo terminali composito nigro-glanduloso multifloro, pedicellis fructiferis deflexis, calycis laciniis
ovatis, legumine 3-4-artiouJato muricato glanduloso.
H a b . Cbili. Mr. Cnickshanhs.
Sect. III. Cavíes fruticosi spinescentes.—Hue A. microphylla et glutinosa, quiedamque species inedit®, in ascensu
orientali Andium a Mendoza ad jugum “ Uspallata ” lecf®.
Sect. IV. Fruticosa: inermes.—Habitus Zuccagnia.
4. A. balsamica; glandulis resinosis dense obsita, caule ramosissimo, foliis sub 10-jugis cuneato-oblongis sapissime
cum impari, legumine 6-articulato (juniore) sericeo.—Beriero in Ann. des Sc.—Mimosa balsamica. MoUn. Chil.
H ab. Cbili. Mr. Cruckshanks. West side of La Cuesta de la Dormida, in Chili. Dr. Gillies This is called in
Chili “ Jarilla." Dr. Gillies informs us that Molina refers to this plant in his History of Chili, vol. i. p. 134,
Engl, ed., where he calls it Mimosa balsamica; and Bertero, in a letter published in the Bulletin des Sciences Naturales,
for 1830, names it Adesmia balsamica. His appellation we therefore adopt. The plant, besides being of great
beauty, yields a balsam of a highly agreeable odour, which is perceptible at a great distance, and is found to be of
much efficacy in healing wounds.
<l,uplo superante multoties longioril,us, pcduncalis folio duplo longioribus subquiuquo-
floris, calyce campanulato nervoso dentibus submqualilius.
Hab Conception— Closely allied on ono hand to £ . a/bmtri,, and on the other to L. p r ^ i x , but
distinnnishable by tho ahove characters. From L. rmrjellamcus, Lam., .t seems to differ pnnc,pally u, the
shape of its leaflets.
2. L . pubescens; superne molliter pubescens, caule alato, foliis cirrhosis unijugis, foliolis
oblongo-lanceolatis petiolum duplo superantibus, stipulis semisagittato-ovatis petiolo sub-
dimidio brevioribus, pedunculis folio longioribus multifloris, calyce tubuloso pubescente
dentibus lanceolatis.
Hab. ConceptioB.-This has many point., in eommou ivith L. syUestris; but the latter h, never pube^
cent. It is found at Valparaiso by Mr. Brid.es and Mr. Macrae, and m the islands m the P “” “ ^ 'v e r
on the Eastern side of the Andes, by Mr. Baird. Besides these two m the collection, we “ »‘‘‘J
species of Lathyrus from Conception, gathered by Mr. Maepae, and m Valparaiso by Mr. Bndges and Jlr.
Crnekshanks. It belongs to a groupe with many leaflets and many flowers, but m easily tetingmshed from
them all by the smalkess of its stipules. It may be thus uamcd and characterized: L. Macrcei;
cuius, caule an ^ la to , folioHs sub 6-jugis ellipticis retusis peuninertdis reticulatim venosLs subtu-s alb.clo sub-
Iiellucidoque-punctatis, stipulis parvis semisagittatis integerrimis, peduncubs multifloris foho lon^onbu.-,,
calycis lacinia inferiori longissima subulata, superioribus brevissimis. stylo Unean utnn-iue, sed supra
prfficipuc, piloso.
II. LUPINUS. Tourn.
1. L . microcarpus; floribus verticillatis sessilibus bracteolatis, calycis labio supenore
brevissimo emarginato, iiiferiore 3-dentato, bracteis reflexis, foliolis oblongo-linearibus,
leguminibus rhombeis dispermis hirsutis. D C .— Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2413. De Cand.
Prodr. V. 1. p . 408.
H ab. Conception.
12. ACACIA. Neck. Willd.
1. A. Cavenia; spinis stipularibus seniiuncialibus geminatis rectis, petiolis inermibus
obscure uniglandulosis, pinnis subquinquejugis, foliolis (minutis) 9-10-jugis lineari-oblongis
pubescenti-scabris, pedunculis axillaribus aggregatis simplicibus, capitulis globosis,
floribus polyandris.—Mimosa Cavenia. Molin. Chil.
H.ab. Valpaiaiso.—Of this we have no fruit, and but one very small and imperfect specimen in flower
exists in tbe collection. It is, however, the same ndth an Aca d a we have received from Valparaiso, gathered
by Mr. Bridges, of n-hich he observes that the blossom is called “ Flor de Aroma, and the tree Espino by the
inhabitants, that it is used for various purposes, especially for yielding the best charcoal, that the fragrance
of tbe flowere is very great, being perceptible at a considerable distance, and that immense tracts of land
neai- T.alca are completely covered with tbe tree.” Again, Dr. Gillies has tbe same plant from a garden at
Buenos Ayres, and remarks that “ it is identical, to all appearance, with the Espino of Chili, which is
iqiwards of twenty feet iu height.” Thus, it n-ould seem to be an important aud well-knon n plant m
Cliili; yet we do not find it anywhere noticed, except by Molina, who calls it Jiimosa Cavoma. Its
neai-est affinity is n ith the A. revoluta of Kunth, (Mimos. t. 26,) hut there the spines are lai^er and
stouter, the pinn® of only 3 paii-s, and the flowers decandrous. It is also closely allied to A . eburnea,
Linn. Unfortunately we have no fniit on any of our specimens. There is a small sessile gland beneath the
lower pair of leaflets, n hicli is, however, very obscure iu Mr. Bridges’ specimens. The flo-wers are yellow.
It is now cultivated iu the Glasgow Botanic Garden, from seeds sent by Mr. Cruckshanks, but has not
yet blossomed.