336 FLORA ANTARCTICA. [Fuegid, the 



its European ally, E. officinalis, L., and is still more nearly allied to a Himalayan plant, detected by my friend 

 Mr. Edgeworth, whose researches in the Indian Alps have been rewarded with the discovery of some well-marked 

 types of an American Flora, occurring together where they might have been least expected. 



XXXVI. LAEIAT./E, fuss. 



1. SCUTELLARIA, L. 



1. Scutellaria nummtdaricfolia, Hook, fil.; parvula, glanduloso-puberula, caulibus gracilibus basi 

 prostratis ascendentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis late elbptico-oblongis rotundatisve obtusis integerrimis sub- 

 enerviis floralibus conformibus, fioribus sparsis axillaribus breviter pedicellatis. 



Hab. East coast of Tierra del Fuego, C. Barioin, Esq. 



Caules gi'aciles, diametro pennee passerinas, basi ramosi ; ramis diffusis, simpliciusculis, elongatis, 2-4-uncialibus 

 tenuiter puberulis. Folia i— \ unc. longa, subcoriacea, utrinque subglanduloso-puberula, apice rotundata, basi in 

 petiolum brevem 1-Ty lin. longum angustata. Mores pauci, majusculi, foliis longiores, breviter pedicellati, pedicello 

 calyoe puberulo aequilongo. Corolla calyce ter longior, e basi sensim ampliata, rosea (?), pubescens, v. glabrata, 

 lobis superioribus lateralibusque bberis brevibus obtusis, inferiore subpendulo, fauce piloso. Acluenia immatura 

 las via. 



Allied to the North American S. antirliinoides, Benth., but much smaller, and very different in the size of the 

 flowers. A variety, also gathered by Mr. Darwin at Port St. Julian on the Patagonian coast, is more stunted, densely 

 pubescent, with shorter leaves, and the lower lip of the corolla bearded internally. The discoverer of this species 

 remarks that the climate and productions of the particular locality which it inhabits, are intermediate in character 

 between those of Patagonia and Fuegia. 



2. STACHYS, L. 



1. Stachys Chonotica, Hook, fil.; lierbacea, erecta, hispido-pilosa, fobis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 ovato-oblongisve obtusis acutisve basi cordatis obtuse crenato-serratis floralibus bracteseforrnibus mferioribus 

 calyce longioribus, verticillastris 4-S-floris rernotis, calycis liispidi campanulati dentibus ovatis aristatis, 

 corollas glabriusculae tubo calyce longiore. 



Hab. Chonos Archipelago ; C. Darwin, Esq. 



Species S. sylvatica siniillhna, sed folia angustiora, brevius petiolata et obtusiora creuisque obtusioribus ; 

 labium inferius corollas minus profimde secta. S. Macrai, Benth., (planta admodum variabili) quoque approximat 

 habitu formaque fohorum, sed tubo corollas elongato exserto lobisque latioribus labii inferioris sat differt. 



A plant, so very closely resembling the S. sylvatica, L., of Great Britain, that I long hesitated on the propriety 

 of erecting it into a new species, but do so in concurrence with the opinion of Mi-. Bentham. Mr. Watson, also, 

 upon whose thorough knowledge of British plants, in all their exotic forms to which he has had access, the greatest 

 reliance may be placed, has, with his usual kindness, given much attention to the present plant, and sums up the 

 differences between it and European S. sylvatica, in the leaves of the latter not being so obtuse nor so obtusely 

 serrate, and in the lateral lobes of the lower lip of the corollas being more deeply divided. The leaves of the 

 European S.palustris, L., however, he adds, vary from very acutely to quite as obtusely serrate. 



Not being versed in the whole genus Stachys, which contains upwards of one hundred species, I was inclined 

 to regard this plant as possibly intermediate between the S. sylvatica of Europe, and S. Macrai of Chili. Mr. Bentham, 

 however, entirely dissents from such an opinion after a most careful review of its characters, and, I need hardly add, 

 that on his knowledge and experience we may rely for the validity of the species. 



