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losis.—Valle del Rio Tinguirica, at El Sambullon 
(Chili), Dr. Gillies.—' The flowers agree in size with 
those of A. grandiflora, but the foliage, bracteze and 
pedicels (the latter shorter and stouter) are very differ- 
ent, and the plant is decidedly shrubby. 
308. (24.) A. bracteata (Hook. et Arn.); fruticosa leviter 
subpubescenti-viscida decumbens ramosa parce foliosa, 
folis 3-jugis foliolis obovatis angulato-pinnatifidis, la- 
ciniis apice glanduloso-porosis, racemis longissimis ter- 
minalibus robustis attenuatis multifloris, floribus (parvis) 
sepissime abortivis, bracteis maximis latis foliaceis pal- 
matis laciniis apice glanduloso-porosis viscidis, floribus 
solitariis vel geminis in singula bractea, dentibus calyci- 
nis brevissimis obtusis.—(Tas. CIV.)— Baths of Colina, 
Cuming (N. 113.)— This is perhaps the most remarkable 
of this beautiful, sportive, and now extensive genus. The 
whole plant, though shrubby, is of a green colour. 
The leaves are few and confined to the lower part of 
the stem. The racemes, which resemble the stems or 
branches in substance and colour, are sometimes two 
feet long, bearing very numerous, large, foliaceous, pal- 
mate bracteas; the lower ones have one or two pedicels, 
from which the flowers have fallen; the upper become 
gradually smaller, and have rather small flowers. The 
lacinize of these bracteze, especially of the upper ones, as 
well as the segments of the leaflets, become cylindrical 
at their points, and are perforated with a glandular pore, 
filled with a clammy fluid. 
Taz. CIV. Fig. 1. Bractese and flower. Fig. 2. La- 
ciniz of a bractea. Fig. 3. Leaf:—magnified. 
309. (25.) A. Loudonia (Hook. et Arn.); fruticosa cano- 
sericea erecta ramosissima valde foliosa, foliis sessi- 
libus 3-jugis foliolis lanceolatis rigidis | patentibus 
rachi longioribus, pedunculis abei solitariis caly- 
cem 5-fidum sericeum æquantibus, vexillo sericeo, 
leguminibus (vix maturis) triarticulatis appreso-sericeis 
calyce duplo longioribus.—ZLowdonia, gen. nov. Ber- 
tero in Herb. Cuming.—Valparaiso, Cuming (N. 579.) 
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