in length, and this is twisted in such a manner, that the 
underside of the leaf becomes the upper, and is perfectly 
glabrous, whilst. the underside is strikingly hairy, especially 
upon the numerous parallel nerves. Jnwolucre of about 
five spreading or recurved leaves, unequal in size, and 
exactly resembling those of the stem. Umbel of three, or 
according to Cavantitss, five peduncles, long, pendent, 
flexuose, red, bearing two flowers, one upon a short, the 
other upon a longer pedicel ; and there are two ovate, 
reflexed bractee upon each. Flowers pendent, an inch and 
a half long. Pertanth of six segments, tubuloso-campa- 
nulate, the laciniz straight, especially the three outer ones, 
which are oblongo-spathulate, pale ochraceous. yellow, 
nerved, green at thie points, the three inner are decidedly 
spathulate, a little longer than the outer, with the margins 
below remarkably inflexed, subsaccate and bearing honey, 
yellowish, the limb notched, having a little point in the 
notch, green, with many purple, linear, oblique spots. 
Stamens six: Filaments whitish, slightly pubescent. An- 
thers at first dark green, oblong, compressed, opening at 
the sides, at length, after the discharge of the pollen, oval, 
brownish-purple. Pollen purplish. Pistil: Germen infe- 
rior, turbinate, subtriangular, furrowed: Style at first short, 
slender, columnar, subpubescent, at length longer, and 
dividing at the extremity into three stigmata. 
This very interesting species of Atstra@menrta, allied, in- 
deed, but yet abundantly distinct from A. Salsilla, flowered 
in the greenhouse of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, in Sep- 
tember, 1827. Seeds of it were received from Mr. Cruicx- 
sHANKS in.182b, and young plants from the. Edinburgh 
Botanic Garden in the same year : raised from seeds, equally, 
I believe, sent from Chili, by Mr. Cruicxsuanks. | 
It is said to be also a native of Peru *. 
* The Avstramertia hirtella of Sweet's British Flower Garden is, I 
think, though said to be a native of Mexico, unquestionably the samé species 
with the one here given; and it may also be that of HumBo.pr and Kuntu. 
Perhaps the A. hirsuta of these latter authors may not be specifically distinct; 
and all these approach yery near to the A. latifolia of Ruiz and Pavon. 
Fig. 1. Outer Segment of the Perianth. 2. Inner ditto, nat. size. 3 
Stamen, before the discharge of the Pollen. 4. Ditto, after the Pollen is dis- 
persed. 5. Pistil—Magnified. 
