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



Caules pedales, inferne teretes, lignosi, cortice rufo-fusco glaberrimo tecti, superne tetragoni, 

 hispido-pilosi. Folia in ramulis abbreviatis fastigiata, 3-4 lin. longa, vix 1 lin. lata, 

 luride viridia. Fructus 1 lin. longus. 



The variety j3. is in a very imperfect state, and may possibly belong to the 

 former or to another species ; it is much slenderer, and the leaves are scarcely 

 hispid underneath. 



181. BoRRERiA PERPUSiLLA, Hook.Jil.; hispidula, radice lignosa, ramis divari- 

 catis acutfe tetragonis, foliis lineari-oblongis v. elliptico-lanceolatis acutis 

 supr^ hispidO'pilosis subtds glaberrimis marginibus revolutis ciliatis, flori- 

 bus majusculis, corolla campanulata laciniis calycinis bis longiore ovario- 

 que latiore, fructibus pilosis. 



Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Radix crassitie pennse corvinae, pro planta maxima, lignosa, fibras plurimas emittens. Rami 

 substricti, vix unciales. Folia 1-1^ lin. longa, fusco-viridia, patentia. Flos folia vix 

 longitudine aequans. 



A very distinct little species, barely an inch long. 



182. BoRRERiA ERic^FOLiA, HooJi. Jil. ; tota glaberrlma, caule lignoso robusto, 

 ramis subsimplicibus plurimis subfasciculatim ramosis strictis erectis 

 gracilibus teretibus, ramulis tetragonis, foliis parvis in ramulis brevis- 

 simis lateralibus fasciculatis lineari-subulatis paul6 curvatis pungentibus 

 rigidfe coriaceis marginibus revolutis, fructu glaberrimo. 



Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



SufFrutex, verosimiliter pedalis. Caulis basi crassitie pennae anserinae, statim in ramulos 

 subsimplices plurimos divisus. Ramuli |^-|-pedales, stricti, erecti, virgati, graciles, 

 diametro pennse corvinae, nunc longe nudi, cortice fusco-castaneo tecti, ramuUs ultimis 

 subfiliformibus tetragonis. Folia parva, vix 3 lin. longa, | lin. lata, rigida, pungentia, 

 margine supra basin revoluta, siccitate nitida, flavo-fusca. Floras ad apicem ramorum 

 rari, inconspicui. Calycis laciniae ovato-subulatee, acuminatae, marginibus subciliatis, 

 corollam aequantes. Fructus ut in congeneribus. 



183. BoRRERiA PARViFOLiA, Hook.Jil.; ramis gracilibus virgatis ramulosis in- 

 ferne subteretibus angulatisve ramulis brevibus foliosis per totam lon- 

 gitudinem sparsis, foliis parvis coriaceis subfasciculatis lineari-obovatis 



