province, does uot appear. Mr. Baird gathered it. on islands 

 in the Parana. If, as 1 suspect, it be the same with the L. 

 acutifoiius of Vogel, it is also found in South Brazil. Dr. 

 Gillies detected the plant about Mendoza; and it extends, 

 we know, as far westward as Conception and Valparaiso on 

 the shores of the Pacific. In general habit it is nearly 

 allied to L. nervosus (Bot. Mag. t. 3987), the flowers being 

 very similar, though the leaves are widely different. Trained 

 in a pot, and placed in a cool greenhouse, it bears its large 

 purplish-blue flowers in May. 



Descr. Stems two to three feet long, trailing, four- 

 angled, the angles moderately winged. Leaves unijugate, 

 glaucous ; leaflets narrow oblong-lanceolate, striated, hairy, 

 almost silky, which is the case with all the upper part of 

 the plant, acute and mucronate. Petiole half the length of 

 the leaflets, at the base of which is a pair of ovate, semi- 

 sagittate, striated stipules, nearly equal in length with the 

 petiole. Peduncle axillary, many times longer than the 

 leaves, bearing a capitate raceme of several flowers. Calyx 

 and germen silky. The rest of the inflorescence is very 

 similar to that of L. nervosus above mentioned. 



Fig. 1. Flower, from which the Petals are removed. 2. Pistil : — mag- 

 nified. 



