330 FLORA OF SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC. 



vissiniis sursuni dilatatis exappendiculatis obtusis parte dila- 

 tata papulosis. Ovaria inania, albida, pilosa. 



2004. (1.) Robinsonia thurifera, De Caisne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 N. S. i. p. 28. — DC. Prodr. vi. p. 448. Deless. ic. sel. iv. t. 

 63. — Senecio tliurifer ; Bei'tero, {n. 1511.) — Juan Fernandez; 

 Better o; Douglas. — Nom. Vern. Resino macho. 



2005. (2.) R. Gayana, De Caisne^ I. c. DC. I. c. Deless. I. c. 

 t. 64 Senecio thurifer, var.9 Bert. (n. 1511.) — Juan Fer- 

 nandez ; Bertero. Nom. Vern. Resino hemhra. 



2006. (3.) R. gracilis^ De Caisne, I. c. — DC. I. c — Senecio 

 stenophyllus ; Bertero, {n. 1510.) — Juan Fernandez ; Bertero. 

 — Nom. Vern. Resinillo. 



Senecio. 

 § 1. Fruticosi vel sufFruticosi. Sect. 1. Radiati. 

 * Folia subintegerrima, nunc rarius divisa. 

 2007.(1.) S. subulatus, [Don. mst.) ; fruticosus ramosis- 

 simus glaber foliis lineari-subulatis mucronato-aristatis inte- 

 gris vel pinnatifidis, capitulis subcorymbosis, involucri lato- 

 cylindracei foliolis acutis costatis vix sphacelatis basi bracte- 

 olis parvis subulatis, ligulis sub 14 linearibus disci (multiflori) 

 diametrum vix superantibus. — a. prostrafus; ramis numero- 

 sissimis brevibus multifloris, foliis plurimis pinnatifidis lobis 

 paucis elongatis. — Frequent near Capiz, province of Men- 

 doza. Nom Vern. " Romerillo:" Dr Gillies. — ;3. elatior; ramis 

 elongatis foliis plurimis pinnatifidis lobis paucis brevibus, in- 

 volucro angustiori. — El Posito, Prov. San Juan ; Dr Gillies. 

 — y. erecta; ramis elongatis erectis, foliis plerisque indivisis 

 siccitate nigrescentibus. — Port-Belgrave, entrance to Bahia 

 Blanca, N. Patagonia; Tweedie 3. macrantha; ramis elon- 

 gatis erectis, foliis longioribus siccitate nigrescentibus omnibus 

 indivisis, capitulis majoribus Bahia Blanca, coast of Pata- 

 gonia; C. Darwin, Esq., (n. 351.) — A very variable plant 

 assuredly ; and we think we are correct in bringing the above 

 several varieties under this species. Leaves 2 — 3 inches 

 long, tipped with a soft rnucro, fleshy, and as it were com- 

 pressed, wlien recent. 



