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



praecipufe pubescent!- veiutinis, flodbus in coryinbis compositis lateralibus 

 terminalibusve dispositis, pedunculis elongatis, pedicellis brevibus, peri- 

 anthio cainpanulato, staminibus exsertis. 

 Hab, James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Rami lignosi, cortice cinereo. Folia 2-3-pollicaria, petiolis | uncialibus. Corymbi pubes- 

 centes, pedunculis petiolo aequilongis. Antherae majusculae. 



A large tree, growing between the low dry and upland moist countries, 

 almost leafless. The specimen is very defective, and allied to a species of 

 Bertero from the Pacific, as also to a South Brazilian species gathered by 

 Tweedie. 



Plumbagine^. 



104. Plumbago scandens, L. 



Hab. Albemarle and Charles Islands, Charles Darwin, Esq. A very common tropical 

 plant. 



105. P. TOMENTOSA, Lam. ? 



Var. pumila ; acaulis, annua, foliis stellatim patentibus obovato-lanceolatis 

 sinuato-dentatis ^-f unc. longis parcfe pilosis, pedunculo abbreviato- 

 hirsuto, spica brevi 6-8-flora, capsulis latis dispermis. 



Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



These specimens are in a young or a starved state. I suppose them to belong 

 to a large and common Chilian and Buenos Ayrean plant named P. tomentosa, 

 Lam. (in Hort. Reg. Berol.). The roots of the latter are often perennial, the 

 leaves 2-4 inches long, and, together with the peduncles, more or less hispid. 

 The spikes vary considerably in length, from 2-3 inches. After flowering, the 

 segments of the corolla imbricate over the ripening capsule and form a conical 

 hood to that organ. In many respects this resembles the P. Firginica, L., 

 where however the peduncles are generally long and slender, and the leaves 

 erect and long. 



VERBENACEyE. 



106. Verbena officinalis, L. 

 Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



This appears to be a very widely diffused species, and the two following 

 are certainly closely allied to it. 



