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culisque undique pilis sericeis nitidis velutino-tomentosis, foliis petiolatis 

 ovatis subacutis sericeo-pubescentibus crenato-dentatis venis reticulatis, 

 floribus fcemineis 2-3, involucris sessilibus, spicis abbreviatis pedunculatis. 

 |3. minor; foliis minoribus una cum petiolis vix f-uncialibus. 

 Hab. a. and j3. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Caulis pedalis et ultra, superne foliosus, crassitie pennae gallinaceae, teres, pilosus, pilis 

 densis patentibus nitidis pallida flavis. Folia uncialia, coriacea, pilis appressis sericea, 

 plana, exacte ovata, basi Integra, petiolis ^-| unc. longis. Flor. foemin. involucrum 1^ lin. 

 longum, sub 6-fidum, 2-3-florum ; capsulis pilosis. Spicse ^ unc. long£e, pedunculo brevi 

 tomentoso ; glomerulis florum basi bracteatls, bracteolis majusculis, ovatis, acutis, pilosis. 



The bracteae on the spike at the base of the male flowers are the largest of 

 any of the species here described, and are rather longer than the pedicels of 

 the flowers themselves. A very distinct species. 



82. A. STROBiLiFERA, i/bo/;.^/. ; tota gland uloso-pubescens, caule erecto ra- 



moso, ramis virgatis supern^ foliosis, foliis ovatis basi cordatis crenato- 

 serratis acutis, flor. foemin. plurimis, involucris imbricatis cucuUatis 8- 

 fidis, rachi ultra florem in pedunculum gracilem versus apicem floriferutn 

 product^, floribus masculis laxfe spicatis. 

 Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Caulis pedalis, crassitie pennse corvinae, cortice fusco, superne ramosus. Rami tenues, 

 elongati, erecti, crassitie pennae passerinae, pubescentes, pilis ad apices capitato- 

 glandulosis viscidis. Folia reticulata, ^-^ unc. longa, puberula et glandulosa, petiolis 

 J unc. longis. Flores fcEminei dense imbricati, inter se strobilura 1 unc, longum effor- 

 mantes : involucrum sessile, plicatum, multifidum, segmentis acutis, ^ unc. longum, \ 

 latum, 3-4-florum ; capsulis involucro sessilibus, pilosis, 1 unc. longis ; seminis testa 

 punctata, brunnea. Pedunculus ultra strobilum productus, gracilis, l-l^^-uncialis, flori- 

 bus parvis interrupte spicatis ; bracteolis majusculis ovatis, obtusis, ciliatis, pedicello 

 subaequilongis, sub \ lin. longis. 

 The specimens of this species are very imperfect. 



83. A. RENiFORMis, //boA:. ^/. ; pubescens, caule procunibente divaricatim ra- 



moso, foliis parvis petiolatis reniformibus crenatis rugosis glanduloso- 

 pubescentibus, involucris spicatis, spica strobiliformi terminali, floribus 

 masculis solitariis sessilibus cum foemineis involucris inclusis. 

 Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq, 

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