of the Galapagos Archipelago. 189 



state. The upper leaves do not seem to be ter-quaternate, as stated by Kunth. 

 It maybe recognized by the following very imperfect description : — Folia pe- 

 tiolata, petiolo unciali ovato-oblongo, basi cordata, apicem versus rotundata, 

 juniora submucronata, supern^ pilis sparsis stellatis, infern^ densfe tomentosa, 

 3 unc. longa, 2 lata, luridfe virescentia, nervis subtfis prominulis, basi ad petio- 

 lum glandulis 2 instructa. 



Amaranthace^. 



87- Amaranthus Caraccasanus, H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. ii. p. 157- 

 Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq., on cultivated ground. Probably a common 

 South American species introduced into the Galapagos. 



88. A. cELOsioiDES, H. B. K., I. c. p. 156, var.} 

 Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Differing from the American plant of Humboldt only in having the stems 

 rather less than there described. 



89. Brandesia echinocephala, Hook.Jil. ; appresse pubescens, caule valido 



suberecto ramoso tereti, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis, capitulis 

 globosis sessilibus pedunculatisve, i>racteis coriaceis lanceolatis acute cari- 

 natis dorso ciliatis perianthio J brevioribus, perianthii curvati foliolis 

 rigidis lineari-subulatis subpungentibus albidis. 

 Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Caulis pedalis et ultra, basi lignosus, crassitie pennae anserinae, cortice flavo, superne prae- 

 cipue subtrichotome ramosus. Folia 1-1 ^ poUicaria, i-| unc. lata, paten tia, subrigida, 

 petiolis 1-2 lin. longis. Capitula nuda v. foliosa, alba, f unc. diametro, plerumque 

 pedunculata, pedunculis erectis i pollicaribus, floribus rigidis curvatis. Bracteae 3, 

 subEequilongce, pilis sericeis elongatis ciliata;, apicibus subrecurvis. Perianthium | lin. 

 longum, foholis inaequalibus, exterioribus majoribus, omnibus dorso subcarinatis. Tu- 

 bus stamineus elongatus, inclusus, laciniis interjectis linearibus apice laceris ; antheris 

 linearibus. Stigma capitatum, obscure bilobum. 



90. Alternanthera subscaposa, Hook. fil. ; radice crasso fusiformi, caule 



nuUo, foliis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis integris basi subvillosis, 

 ramis floriferis omnibus radicalibus gracilibus erectis dichotomy ramosis 



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