CHILI. [Leguminosae. 



9. VICIA. Town. 



1. V. nigricans; pubescens, caule tetragono, foliolis 9-10 oblongo-ellipticis obtusis 

 alternis, cirrhis divisis, stipulis semisagittatis, pedunculis folio duplo longioribus multifloris, 

 floribus confertis, calycis dentibus 2 superioribus subnullis inferioribus subulatis, medio 

 elongato tubum superante, stigmate barbato. 



Hab. Conception.— This seems to be a long straggling plant, which always turns black in drying, like 

 Orobus niger. The leaflets are rather more than an inch long; the flowers almost capitate. 



2. V. parviflora; parce pilosa, foliolis 3-4-jugis anguste linearibus acuminatis, cirrhis 

 subsimplicibus, stipulis semisagittato-linearibus integris, pedunculis folio brevioribus 

 bifloris, calyce brevi-campanulato dentibus lanceolatis tubum aequantibus, corolla glabra, 

 leguminibus 6-spermis lanceolatis compressis, suturis pilosis. 



Hab. Conception.— This species is closely allied in habit to Ervum tetraspermum, and has an equally 

 small flower : but the shape of the legumen is very different, and the stigma is that of a Vicia. 



3. V. linearifolia ; tota pilosa, caule angulato, foliolis 5-jugis linearibus retusis, cirrhis 

 subsimplicibus, stipulis latiusculis semisagittatis basi dentatis impunctatis, floribus subses- 

 silibus solitariis, calyce campanulato villoso dentibus subulatis subsequalibus, corolla 

 glabra, legumine hirsute 



Hab. Conception.-In some respects this approaches Vicia Michauxii, Spr., but there is no species 

 with winch it quite coincides in character. The flowers are not half the size of those of Vicia sativa, with 

 some of the narrow-leaved varieties of which it coincides in other respects. 



10. LATHYRUS. Linn. 

 1. L. sessilifolius ; glaber nigricans, caule angulato vix alato, foliis unijugis petiolo 

 perbrevi cirrrnfero, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis stipula semisagittato-ovata petiolum qua- 



Hab. Valparaiso. Mr. Bridges. 

 Sect. II. Perennes herbacem, racemi longissimi aphylli terminates pamcatai.- Habitus Onobrgehidis.—Hac forsan A 

 dentata, tncolor, pendula et p unetata. Be Cand., at de duratione nihil prostat ; certe tamen A. papposa, atque 



3. A. conferta; adscendens pubescens, foliolis 6-jugis obovato-oblongis retusis cum mucrone versus petioli apicem 

 approximate, racemo terminal! composito nigro-glanduloso multifloro, pedicellis fructiferis defied, calycis laciniis 

 ovatis, legumine 3-4-articulato muricato glanduloso. 



Hab. Chili. Mr. Cnickshanks. 



Sect. III. Caules frutieosi spineseentes.-H™ A. microphylla et glutinosa, quiedamoue species inedit*. in ascensu 

 onentah Andium a Mendoza ad jugum " Uspallata " lecte. 



Sect. IV. Fruticosa inermes.— Habitus Zuccagnia. 



4. A. balsamiea; glanduIU resinnsis dense obsita, caule ramosissimo, foliis sub 10-jugis cuneato-oblongis sa-pissime 

 cum impan, legumine 6-arfculato Quniore) sericeo.-^ero in Ann. des Sc.-Mimosa balsamica. Molin. Ckil 



Chni A " r^"" A n Cr rT nk \ WeSt Side ° f La CuCSta de U D ° rmida > in Chili ' »'■ G0K~-ThJ. is called in 

 th,l Janlla. Dr. G.lhes informs us that Molina refers to this plant in his History of Chili, vol i p 134 



fit f \™ Ie ^ CaUS 1 Mim ° Sa ba ' SamiCa '' aDd Berter °' ^ a l6tter PUbU8hed in the BuIletin *» Sciences Natu! 

 rales for 1830, names it Adesrma bahamUa. His appeflation we therefore adopt The plant, besides being of great 

 beauty, y.elds 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. 



