186 Dr. J. D. Hooker's Enumeration of the Plants 



Caulis basi nudus, prostratus. Rami divaricati, spithamaei, filiformes, crassitie pennae pas- 

 serinae, puberuli, cortice fusco. Folia longe petiolata, remota, patula, | unc. longa, 

 late cordata, utrinque pubescentia, siccitate atro-fusca. Pedunculi solitarii, filiformes, 

 puberuli, | unc. iongi. Florum foemin. involucra 2-flora, hirsuta, Acre unico sterili ? 

 Capsulae tomentosae 3-coccae, stylis 3 trifidis coronate. Floras masculi terminales, 

 basi bibracteolati ; perianthio extus piloso. 



79. A. coRDiFOLiA, Hook. Jil. ; tota pilis mollibus patentibus obsita, caule 

 erecto ramoso, foliis longfe petiolatis cordatis obtusis crenato-serratis 

 glandulosis petiolis | brevioribus, flor. foemin. 1-3 involucris sub 8-fidis, 

 pedunculis elongatis apices versus tantiira floriferis. 



Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Caulis pedalis et ultra, teres, crassitie pennae corvinae, glanduloso-pubescens, pilisque pallide 

 flavis instructus. Folia plana, subrugosa, nervosa, atro-fusca, ^-^-uncialia, paulo lon- 

 giora quam lata. Flores foeminei 1-3, involucrati; involucris cucuUatis, li lin. longis, 

 extus glanduloso-pubescentibus, segmentis subacutis 1. Capsulae flavo-pilosae. Pedun- 

 culi sub 1 unc. Iongi ; floribus masculis in spicam brevem terminalem aggregatis, basi 

 1-bracteolatis, extiis pilosis. 



Allied to A. parvula ; but larger, erect, and hirsute with spreading hairs. 



80. A. FLACCiDA, Hook. Jil. ; caule elongato gracili vix ramoso piloso, foliis 



petiolatis ovatis subacutis obtusfe crenato-dentatis basi cordatis submem- 

 branaceis utrinque pilosis, florum foemin. involucris parvis subsolitariis 

 cucullatis irregulariter 3-partitis, fl. masc. spicis elongatis, pedunculo 

 hirsuto. 

 Hah. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Caulis 2-3-pedalis, gracilis, teres, crassitie pennae corvinae, pilis patentibus hirsutus. Folia 

 remota, petiolata, 1 ^ unc. longa, basi plus minusve profunde cordata, petiolis ^-unciali- 

 bus. Fl. foemin. involucris parvis, ^ lin. longis, trifidis vel profunde 3-partitis, capsulis 

 pilosis. Fl. masc. spica gracili pedunculo longiore, floribus fasciculatis. 



Very distinct from any of the former species, in its larger size, lax mode of 

 growth, subacute, ovate leaves, elongated spikes of male flowers, and espe- 

 cially by the very small involucre of the solitary female flower. 



81. A. VELUTiNA, Hook. Jil; caule stricto erecto ramoso, ramis petiolis pedun- 



