238 FLORA ANTARCTICA. [Fuegia, the 



2. Deaba Falklandica, Hook. fil. ; caespitosa, incano-pubescens, caule brevissimo foliis rosulatis obo- 

 vato-spatbulatis obtusis integerrimis, dense vestito, pedunculis plurimis robustis breviusculis pedicellisque 

 patentim substellato-pilosis, siliculis corymbosis pedicellis ter longioribus elliptico-oblongis utrinque sub- 

 obtusis in stylum non attenuatis, stylo brevi valido, valvis concavis stellatim pubescentibus, seminibus 

 plurimis parvis, funiculis brevibus. 



Hab. Falkland Islands ; Lieut. Robinson, R.N. 



Radix lignosa, descendens, ad apicem fasciciduin rosulatum dense aggregatum foliorum subcoriaceorum gerens. 

 Folia ■!■ uncialia, pubescenti-hirsuta, subtus pilis stellatis conspersa. Pedunculi 1-^—2 unciales, validi, nudi v. ima 

 basi uniibliati. Silicida 3-4 lin. longse, stigmate brevi crasso terminatse. 



The most prominent characters of this species are the densely leafy short stem, or more properly cluster of 

 abbreviated stems, which immediately surmounts the root ; the short stout scapes, with comparatively large corymbs 

 of pods ; the latter are obtuse at both ends, but not abrupt, and the seeds are small, placed close to the margins of 

 the valves and the opposite series separated by a very broad dissepiment. 



3. Deaba funiculosa, Hook. fil. ; glaberrima, caule breviusculo ramoso, ramis foliosis, foliis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis interduin oppositis basique subconnatis margine argute eiliato-dentatis, scapis gracilibus ad apicem 

 paucifloris, pedicellis fructiferis brevibus, sibculis liuearibus utrinque obtusis, stigmate bilobo sessili, valvis 

 planiusculis, seminibus plurimis oblongis, funiculis elongatis capillaceis. (Tab. LXXXIX.) 



Radix sublignosa. Catdes pluries divisi, ramis £— J unc. longis. Folia erecto-patentia, rigida, |— i- uncialia, 

 basi in petiolum subdilatata. Scapi 2-3 unc. longi, floriferi breves. Flares parvi, 3-5, breviter pedicellati, albidi, 

 inconspicm. Sepala ovata, obtusa. Petala calyce bis longiora, spathulata, ad apicem rotuudata. Staminum fda- 

 mentis gracilibus. Ovarium oblongo-ovatum. Silicida foliis subaequiloiiga, linearis, valvis ter quaterve longioribus 

 quam latis, medio obscure uninerviis. 



A very peculiar species and resembling the D. oligospermia, Hook., of Arctic America, most in habit, and par- 

 ticularly D. lactea, Adams, a native of Siberia, in the form and eiliation of the leaves ; it has no near ally on the 

 South American continent. 



Plate LXXXIX. Fig. 1, portion of a stem, with two leaves accidentally opposite and connate at the base; 

 fig. 2, a flower ; fig. 3, petal ; fig. 4, flower, with sepals and petals removed ; fig. 5, a pod ; fig. 6, the same, with one 

 valve removed ; fig. 7, a seed and its funiculus ; fig. 8, embryo : — all magnified. 



4. PRINGLEA, Anders., MSS. 



Petala nulla (Anders. MSS.). Staminum filamenta brevia, ddatata, edentula. Ovarium obovatum. Stylus sub- 

 elongatus. Stigma capitatum. Semina plurima, biseriaba, oblongo-cordata, in rostrum breve producta ; testa 

 crassa, subspongiosa, albida. Silicida oblonga, valvis convexis navicularibus, dissepimento nullo. Cotyledones 

 accumbentes. — Genus nidli arete, ajjii/e Eutrernre/o/vwa seminiim dissepimentoque relracto accedens, sed potius Drabse 

 indole silicida et structura embryonis relation. Herba magnitudine varia, pier unique elata. Rhizoma etongatum, pro. 

 strata. Foba in capitulum magnum congesta. Peduncidi infra folia orti, erecti, foliosi. Siliculse plur ima majascula. 

 Pringlea et Diaphoranthus, Anderson in Herb. Banks. 



vaginantem dilatata, superne patentia, obtusa, vix dentata, utrinque pube stellata tecta. Racemi unciales. Flares 

 magnitudine et colore D. aisoidis. Silicida 4 lin. longse. 



Species tres sequentes verisimiliter non hactenus descriptse, sed exemplaria mala offerunt, nempe e collec- 

 tione Lindeni n. 431, in Caraccas reperta, et n. 1341 Novse Grenadoe (stirps ruira) et e coll. Galeotti n. 4669 e To- 

 lucca in Mexico allata. 



