256 FLORA ANTARCTICA. \Fuegia, tie 



plains of South-eastern America. Many of the Patagonian species being new, I have drawn up a list of them, with 

 characters of those hitherto undescribed, which is added below. * 



* Enumeration of the species of Adesmia, inhabiting the plains of Patagonia, between the latitudes of Bahia 

 Blanca 42° south, and the Strait of Magalhaens, and between the Andes on the west, and shores of the South Atlantic 

 on the east. 



1. Inermes, floribus axUlaribus solilariis, foliis 2-3 foliolatis. 



1. A. sufforata, n. sp. ; purnila, argenteo-sericea, dense caespitosa, caule lignoso ramoso, ramis robustis subtortis 

 basi vestigiis foliorum tectis apicibus Miosis, foUis confertis trifobatis breviter petiolatis, fobolis erectis obovatis 

 integerrirnis, floribus inter foUa sessilibus, calyce breviter campanulato segmentis subacutis, vexillo late orbiculato 

 dorso sericeo inargmibus inflexis, alis longe unguieulatis lobulo intus barbato, carina? petabs falcatis cymbiformibus 

 longe unguieulatis dorso sericeis, stylo breviusculo. 



Hab. Poi-tDesh-e; 0. Darrein, Esq. 



Rami crassitie penna? corvinae, bgnosi. Folia J— unc. longa, petiolo valido 2 lin. longo albido-villoso, fobolis 

 condupbeatis utrinque dense sericeis. Pedunculi brevissimi. Calyx basi superne gibbosus. Vexillum niajuseulum, 

 coriaceum. 



2. A. lotoides, n. sp. v. supra. 



Var. 0, vaginata ; petiolo perbrevi foliolis longioribus, stipulis majoribus, vexillo extus sericeo basi callo barbato 

 destituto, carina angustiore. 



Hab. Strait of Magalhaens, Cape Gregory; Capt.King. Elizabeth Island ; C. Darwin, Esq. Var. 0, Port 

 Desire ; C. Darwin, Esq. 



2. Inermes, floribus axillaribus solilariis, foliis pinnatis. 



3. A. pumila, n. sp. v. supra. 



Hab. Strait Qf Magalhaens ; Capt. King, C. Darwin, Esq. Cape Pair-weather ; Capt.King. 



4. A. villosa, n. sp. ; tota pibs molbter sericeis patentibus obtecta, caule herbaceo prostrato ascendente parce 

 diviso, stipubs membranaceis majuscubs sursum in auriculas breves obtusas productis, petiolis gracihbus, fobolis 5-7- 

 jugis obovato-cuneatis utrinque sericeis, peduncubs petiolo brevioribus, floribus amplis, calyce membranaceo seg- 

 mentis elongatis lineari-subidatis, vexillo calycem paulo superante orbiculato extus piloso, stylo elongato, legumine 

 2-3-articulato ad articulos constricto subsericeo, seminibus paucis. 



Hab. Port Desire ; C.Darwin, Esq. 



Herba 2-3-unciabs, habitu Astragali. Folia patentia, 1—1$ unc. longa, fobobs $ unc. stipubs vaginantibus a?qui- 

 longis. Flores conspicui. Calyx superne gibbosus, laciniis gradatim acuminatis, pilis sericeis tectis, inferioribus 

 reflexis. Corolla ut videtur flava. 



5. A. lanata, n. sp. ; tota lanata, caule basibgnoso diviso, ramis diffusis suberectis gracibbus teretibus, stipubs 

 subvaginantibus in aiu'iculas acutas divergentes productis, fobobs parvis 3-5-jugis bneari-oblongis obtusis, pedimcubs 

 fobo brevioribus, calyce elongato laciniis bneari-subulatis, vexillo calyce paulo superante eUiptico-oblongo dorso to- 

 mentoso, alarum unguibus laminis sequilongis, stylo elongato, legumine 3-articulato, senunibus latis. 



Hab. Port Desbe ; C. Darwin, Esq. 



Radix bgnosa. Rami 6 unc. longi, graciles, teretes, ut tota planta, pube rnolb lanata tecta. Stipulre \\ bn. 

 longae. Petioli 1$ unc. longi, graciles. Foliola angusta, patentia, 2 bn. longa. Flores forma et magnitudine Vk-'uc 

 saliva, purpureas? Alarum nervi medii trabecubs arcuatis counexi. Legumen ad articulos vix contractual. 



