209 
p. 129. t. 34.— Near Rio Quarto and Rio Quinto, and 
at La Punta de San Luis. Abundant at Mendoza, Dr. 
Gillies. 
370. (1.) Hoffmanseggia falcata, Cav.—H. chilensis, Miers. 
— Mendoza, Dr. Gillies. Cordillera of Chili, Cuming 
(N. 284.)—4. andicola, humilior, racemis floribusque ma- 
joribus, petalis latioribus.—H. alpina, Gill. mst.—H. an- 
dina, Miers’ Chil v. 2. p. 532.— Near Villavicenzio, at 
the foot of the mountains near Mendoza, Dr. Gillies.— 
Nom vernac. Porotillos.—Of the var. &. Dr. Gillies writes, 
that ** this small, but beautiful plant, with its golden or 
orange tints, gives a glow of colour to a tract of from 
three to four leagues of country after quitting the moun- 
tains to enter the plains, by the defile leading from 
Villavicenzio, where it may be seen in immense imfasion 
in the month of November." Although abundant there, 
its range is limited, while that of our «. is very extensive. 
The latter has the petals scarcely twice as long as the 
calyx: in £. they are fully thrice as long.—The Peruvian 
` H. falcaria, 8. glandulosa, Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 9. p. 217. 
is indubitably the Larrea viscosa, R. and P. Fl. Peruv. 
t. 311. (ined.), and is a very distinct imagen cH. vis- 
cosa, Hook. et Arn.) — 
371. (2.) Hoffmanseggia gracilis ( Hook. et Arn.) ; caule diffuso 
incano-pubescente, foliis subradicalibus bipinnatis sub- 
4-jugis, pinnis subsexjugis, foliolis puberulis, legumini- 
bus rectiusculis pubescentibus. —Larrea gracilis, R. ef 
P. Fl. Peruv. t. 911. (ined.)—Coquimbo, Cuning (N. 
880.) 
e 
372, (1.) Forin aculeata, hiny- Ents n aeg 
913. (1.) Zuccagnia punctata, GasuscMándont Dr. Gillies. 
34. (2.) Zuccagnia? angulata, Hook. et Arn. in Bot. of Beech. 
Voy. v. 1. p. 22.— Coquimbo, Messrs. Lay and Collie ; 
Cuming (N. 902.)—Although we have now. seen addi- 
tional specimens from Mr. Cuming, still they are very 
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