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



2-3 lin. longa, foliolis vix J lin. longis. Spicae erectae, ^-^ unc. longa;, ovatae v. cylin- 

 draceae, dense villosae, multiflorae, ad apices ramulorum sessiles. Pedunculus villosus, 

 strictus, Bractea navicularis, subito acuminata v. longe apiculata. Calyx sub 3 lin. lon- 

 gus, undique pilis elongatis sericeis dense villosus. Corolla calyce ter longior, siccitate 

 purpurea. Carinas foliola oblonga, obtusa, longe unguiculata. Legumen calyce in- 

 clusum, membranaceum, grosse glanduloso-punctatum, oblique trapezoideum, utrinque 

 attenuatum, apicem versus longe ciliato-barbatum ; seminibus 2. 



An exceedingly well-marked species, having most affinity with D. ramosis- 

 sima, Benth. Voy. Sulphur, Botany, p. 11. tab. x. 



207. Dalea tenuicaulis, Hook.Jil. ; fruticulosa, diffusa, ramosa, glaberrima, 

 ramis nigro-punctatis, ramulis plurimis gracillirais foliosis erecto-paten- 

 tibus, folirs 8-IO-foliolatis; petiolo filiformi ; foliolis parvis obcordatis 

 planiusculis utrinque nigro-punctatis, spicis in ramulis breviusculis ter- 

 minalibus v. lateralibus ovatis villosis, bracteis navicularibus gradatim 

 acuminatis, calycis laciniis subulatis tubo lato ovato densfe pilis villosis 

 sericeo. 



Hab. Albemarle Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Caulis lignosus, basi robustus, irregulariter ramosus. Rami teretes virgati, superiores elon- 

 gati, gracillimi, ultimi seta porcina vix crassiores, omnes cortice striato pallide rufo- 

 fusco tecti, nigro-punctati, primarii ramulos abbreviatos foliiferos gerentes. Folia sub- 

 fasciculata, patentia, subflexuosa, 1 unc. longa, petiolo gracillimo creberrime nigro- 

 punctato ; foliolis caducis, magnitudine variis, 2-4 lin. longis, pallide fusco-virescenti- 

 bus, emarginato-bilobis, nervo valido percursis. Pedunculi in ramulis terminales, v. e 

 ramulis abbreviatis foliiferis quasi laterales, |-unciales, pubescentes. Spica ovata, 

 obtusa, sub 12-flora, floribus approximatis. Calyx dense sericeo- villosus, pilis fulvis 

 nitidis, tubo brevi ovato, laciniis anguste subulatis. Carina calyce quadruple longior, 

 foliolis oblongis obtusis extiis basi macula flava notatis, unguibus laminae aequilongis. 

 Alae subsimiles. Vexillum plicatum. 



208. Tephrosia littoralis, Pers. DeC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 253. var. foliolis 

 subsericeis. 



Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. 



Mr. Bentham, to whom I am much indebted for assistance in determining 

 the Leguminosce and Compositce, pronounces this to be merely a variety of 

 T. littoralis, a West Indian plant. 



