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appears to be very near P. glandulosa^ but with more nume- 

 rous leaflets. I have not seen it. In continental botanic 

 gardens, the P. dtdcis, and P. siliquastriitn) are to be met 

 with under tlie name o^ P.juliflora. 



7. p. siliquastrnm (DC. Prodr. v. ii. p. 417), ramulis 

 foliisque glabris v. vix junioribus minute puberulis, spinis 

 axillaribus solitariis geminisve validis rectis, pinnis 1-rarius 

 2-jugis, foliolis 12 — 20-jugis distantibus elongato-linearibus 

 subfalcatis obtusis subcoriaceis, spicis elongatis densis brevi- 

 ter pedunculatis, legumine compressissimo arcuato. — Foliola 

 pleraque 9 — 12 lin. longa, vix unquam lineam lata. — Andes 

 of Chilij from San Jago to the Rio Colorado, Poeppig; 

 Gillies; Cuming^ n. Ibl ', Lord Colchester; Bridges, w. 516, 



5rc. 



P. Jlexuosa (DC. Prodr. v. ii. p. 447), is probably the 

 same species with a rather more fleshy pod. 



8. P. horrida (Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp, vi. 306), 

 ramulis "glabris, spinis geminis validis longis rectis, pinnis 

 2 — 3-jugis, foliolis 10 — 12-jugis oblongis utrinque pubescen- 

 tibus, spicis densis breviter pedunculatis folio subbrevioribus. 

 — Andes of Peru ; Humboldt and Bonpland. — Unknown to 

 me. 



9. V./ruticosa (Meyen. ! Reise. v. i.p. 376); ramulis foliis- 

 que minute puberulis v. demum glabratis, spinis axillaribus 

 solitariis geminisve validis rectis, pinnis 1-rarius 2-jugis5 foli- 

 olis 12 — 20-jugis distantibus breviter linearibus obtusis sub- 

 coriaceis, spicis densis breviter pedunculatis folio brevioribus 

 V. vix longioribus, legumine compressissimo arcuato (v, demuni 

 incrassato?) — Foliola dimidio minora et minus distantia 

 quam in P. siliquastro. — P. Jlexuosa, Hook, et Arn. ! Bot. 

 Misc. iii. 203. vix. DC— Probably a variety of P. siliquas- 

 trum, of a dwarf stature, being but a shrub or small tree, and 

 with shorter leaflets usually downy — Andes of Chili, 

 Gillies, Meyer, and others. 



10. P. dulcis, (Kunth, Mim. HO. t. 34.) ; ramulis foliisque 

 glabris, spinis axillaribus solitariis geminisve validis rectis, 

 pinnis I— 2-iii(,ns foliolis 18 — 30-jugis, approximatis lineari- 



