260 
sc. nat. 5. p. 104, t. 1. f. 1. but not of Rich. D.C. prod. 4. 
p. 77.—Azorélla species, Lam.—Bolax species, Spreng. Koch. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed, 
permanent. Petals oval, entire. Styles short. Fruit ovate, 
contracted at the raphe, and rather compressed from the back ; 
mericarps semi-ovate, without any ribs or vittee; ribs filiform, 
hardly conspicuous. —Humble tufted herbs, natives of Magellan. 
Leaves imbricate, entire or trifid, with the petioles sheathing or 
dilated. Umbels nearly sessile, 2-8-flowered ; pedicels about 
equal in length to the involucrum. Perhaps this genus is hardly 
distinct from Fragosa. 
1 A. aretioipes (Willd. herb. ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 77.) leaves 
imbricate, tripartite, coriaceous ; lobes oblong, acutish ; petioles 
thick and rather corky, villous at the apex; umbels nearly ses- 
sile, simple, 4-flowered ; leaves of involucrum 4, equal in length 
to the pedicels. Yy.F. Native of Quito, on the high moun- 
tain of Antisana. Fragosa aretioides, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 5. p. 27. t. 424. Bolax aretioides, Spreng. umb. 
spec. p. 11. exclusive of the synonymes and character. B. 
cespitosa, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 358. exclusive of the 
synonymes. Fruit a little ribbed. (ex Kunth.) 
Aretia-like Azorella. Pl. 4 foot. 
2 A. tycopopioipes (Gaud. in ann. sc. nat. 5. p. 105. t. 3. 
f. 1.) leaves imbricate, sheathing at the base, trifid, coriaceous ; 
lobes subulate, acute ; sheaths funnel-shaped, ciliately toothed ; 
umbels almost sessile, 2-3-flowered ; leaves of involucrum 2, 
serrated. 2.F. Nativeof the Maclove or Falkland Islands. 
D’'Urvil, fl. mal. p. 47. This is a very different plant from 
Bolax lycopodicides, Spreng, which is now Fragdsa corymbosa. 
Club-moss-like Azorella. PJ. 4 foot. 
3 A. FILAMENTOsA (Lam. ill. t. 189. f.1. Vahl. symb. 3. 
p- 47.) leaves oblong, coriaceous, quite entire, crowded ; petioles 
dilated, ciliated with long bristles ; umbels nearly sessile ; leaves 
of involucrum somewhat ciliated and bristly. 24. F. Native 
of the mountains of Magellan and the Maclove Islands. A. 
chamitis, Pers. ench. no. 3. D’Urv. fl. mal. p. 46. Bòlax 
filamentosus, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p- 359. There are 
varieties of this plant with either an elongated or crowded habit’: 
and with the umbels either few or many-flowered, and the lower 
ones 1-flowered. Perhaps the same as Chamitis integrifdlia, 
Geertn. fruct. t. 22. f. 4. 
Filamentose Azorella. Pl. } foot. 
4 A. Gitur'su (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 346.) plant 
densely tufted; leaves petiolate, trifid; umbels pedunculate, 
4-10-flowered ; fruit utricular. 2. F. Native of Chili, in the 
valley of Uspallata, on the Andes of Mendoza, at the elevation 
of from 6000 to 12,000 feet. Bòlax Gilliésii, Gill. et Hook. in 
bot. mise. 1. p. 325. t. 63. Root long, descending. Plant 2 
inches high. This plant yields abundantly a gummy substance, 
which is gathered by the natives, and employed by them in the 
cure of headache. 
Gillies’s Azorella. Pl. 2 inches. 
5 A. cæsriTòsa (Cav. icon. 5. p. 57. t. 484. f. 2.) leaves im- 
bricated, spreading at the apex, thick, quite entire, and quite 
glabrous; umbels on short peduncles, 6-8-flowered; leaves of 
involucrum one half shorter than the pedicels. 2/. F. Native of 
Chili, on the higher mountains, called the Cordillera del Plan- 
chon. A. crassifélia, Pers. ench. 1. no. 2. Fruit ovate; having 
the mericarps furnished with 3 slender stripes on the outside, as 
in the genus Fragòsa. 
Tufted Azorella. Pl. 4 foot. 
6 A. paucorpes (D’Urv. fi. mal. p. 45.) leaves all radical, 
long, pinnate ; segments or leaflets remote, opposite, short, pin- 
natifid : lobes alternate, acutely cut; scapes short, very hairy ; 
involucrum 8-10-leaved ; fruit glabrous, striated, nearly sessile. 
%. F. Native of the Straits of Magellan, along the rivulet 
UMBELLIFERZ. XII. AZORELLA. 
XIII. Pecropuytum. XIV. Botax. 
called Bougainville River, 
flowered. 
scape. 
Carrot-like Azorella. Pl. 1 inch. 
7 A. Ranu NcuLus (D’Urv. fl. mal. 1. p. 46.) stem stoloni- 
ferous, very short ; leaves on long petioles, 5-parted ; partitions 
8-lobed at the apex, obtuse; umbels axillary, on short pedun- 
cles; leaves of involucrum 5, lanceolate, acute, ciliated at the 
base, about equal in length to the flowers. Y. F. Native of 
the Straits of Magellan, along with the last. Habit of a small 
Root thick, fusiform. Umbels 3-8- 
Leaves hardly an inch long, but still longer than the | 
Hydrocétyle or Raninculus. Fruit round, hardly pedicellate, 
crowned by the calycine teeth. Umbels 4-6-flowered. Petals 
greenish yellow. 
Cromfoot-like Azorella. 
Cult. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
See Fragosa, p. 259. for culture and propagation. 
XIII. PECTOPHY'TUM (from znxroc, pektos, compact, 
and ġvrov, phyton, a plant; a compact tufted plant). H. B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 28. D.C. prod. 4. p. 78. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx entire. 
Petals unequal, acute, and a little inflexed at the apex. Styles 
short, straight. Fruit ovate-elliptic; mericarps rather convex 
on the back, semi-oval, 5-ribbed, without any vitte ; ribs fili- 
form; commissure flattish.—A tufted herb. Leaves crowded, 
imbricate, coriaceous, trifid, glabrous; petioles permanent. 
Flowers white, in crowded fascicles at the tops of the branches, 
and solitary in the axils of the bracteas, pedicellate. Bracteas 
ciliately toothed.—This genus is allied to Bolax and Fragosa, 
but it differs from the first in the form of the fruit, and from the 
last in the margin of the calyx being entire. 
1 P. rpepuncuta‘re (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 29. 
i 
| 
t. 425.) YY. F. Native of Quito, in plains on the top of 
Mount Antisana. Bolax pedunculatus, Spreng. umb. spec. p. 
10. Azorélla pedunculata, Willd. herb. 
Peduncled-flowered Pectophytum. PI. 4 foot. 5 
Cult. See Fragòsa, p. 259. for culture and propagation. 
Tribe II. 
MULI'NEE (this tribe contains plants agreeing with Muli- 
num in important characters), or Orthospérme imperfecté Um- 
bellàtæ, parallelè biscutàtæ, D. C. prod. 4. p. 78.—Hydro- 
cotyleze Mulinez, D, C. coll. mem. 5. p. 32. Mericarps much 
contracted at the commissure, without any vitte ; ribs 5, usually 
filiform. Fruit compressed from the back, hence it is square: 
Petals spreading, flat, entire in all the genera, with the excep- 
tion of Asteriscium. 
XIV. BO'LAX (from Swdaé, bolaz, a synonyme of Awhos, 
bolos, a bole or lump; the plant grows in dense tufts, hollowed 
in the middle). Comm. in Juss. gen. p. 226. Gaud. fl. mal. im 
ann. sc. nat. 5. p. 104. t. 3. f. 1. D.C. prod. 4. p. 78.—Bolax 
species, Spreng. Azorélla species of Lam. : 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digynia. Margin of calyx entire, 
hardly conspicuous. Petals oval, entire. Styles short. Frut 
tetragonal, concave in the disk; mericarps with 5 nerve-form 
smooth ribs, 1 dorsal, 2 in the middle forming the angles; 
and 2 filiform inner ones; commissure very narrow.— tufted 
herb, with the habit of Arétia. Leaves imbricate, trifid, gla- 
brous, coriaceous: lobes ovate, obtuse; petioles membranous 
rather corky, with the margins not ciliated. Umbels simple, 
nearly sessile, 4-flowered. Leaves of involucrum 4, about equ 
in length to the pedicels. Fruit while young furnished with ste 
late down. Y 
1 B. Crepa‘nia (Comm. ined. ex Gaud. ann. sc. nat. % P- 
104. t. 3. f. 2.) Y.F. Native of the Straits of Magellan, 0? 
the mountains; in the Maclove or Falkland Islands ; Chili an 
