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—So different is the appearance of this very beautiful 
plant from the other species of Adesmia, that it is not 
surprising that Bertero should have looked upon it.as 
a distinct genus; yet it possesses all the true characters 
of Adesmia, viz. the free filaments of the stamens, and 
the jointed legumes, of which the upper edge is straight, 
and the other lobed, and leaves which are abruptly pin- 
nate; a setula taking the place of the terminal leaflet. 
These leaflets are large in proportion to the length of the 
rachis, The flowers are large, handsome, numerous, as 
are the very silky leaves; and the whole plant has a good 
deal the habit of some Cytisus. We have retained the 
genericnameof the excellent Bertero for that of thespecies. 
§ 5. Subacaulis, foliis trifoliolatis. 
310. (26.) A. trifoliolata (Gill. mst.); subacaulis cano-pubes- 
311. 
cens, foliis longe petiolatis 3-foliolatis, foliolis orbicu- 
laribus integerrimis subtus praecipue adpresso-sericeis 
terminali longius petiolulato, racemo foliis breviore, 
calycibus pedicellisque sericeis nigro-glandulosis, legu- 
minibus 3-4-articulatis setis longis sericeo-plumosis dense 
tectis. (Tas. CV.)—Near the summit of Cerro del Dia- 
mante, a volcanic mountain near Mendoza, Dr. Gillies.— 
This, the last of the numerous species of Adesmia with 
which we are acquainted from temperate South America, 
is not the least remarkable; being a small and almost 
stemless plant, with large and ternate leaves; the only 
instance known of such a structure of foliage. The 
flowers, which we have only seen in a specimen belong- 
ing to Dr. Gillies, are moderately large, deep orange 
with a dark purple blotch on the carina. ‘The root ap- 
pears to be perennial, and the fruit is entirely that of an 
Tas. CV. Fig. 1. Legumen :—magnified. 
(1.) Aeschynomene latifolia, Spr.—Moaths of La Plata, 
Tweedie.— Or specimen is only in flower, and has quite 
the habitof Cassia Chamecrista. The petioles are rough 
