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fimbriato-lacere. Involucra turbinata, in axillis foliorum superiorum solitaria, breviter 
pedicellata, unà cum pedunculo sub 11 lin. longa, glandulis ad os transverse oblongis 
nigris. Capsula 3-cocca, parva, glaberrima, sub 1 lin. diam., flavida. 
Closely allied to the E. polygonifolia, L., though quite distinct in its upright 
habit, sessile leaves, keeled cocci and shorter fimbriated stipules. 
72. E. AMPLEXICAULIS, Hook. fil.; glaberrima, erecta, glaucescens, caule su- 
perné ramoso folioso, foliis oppositis sessilibus horizontaliter patentibus 
rotundato-reniformibus basi profundé cordatis amplexicaulibus integerri- 
mis coriaceis, involucris in axillis supremis solitariis: segmentis rotundatis 
petaloideis, coccis obtuse carinatis. 
Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Radix valida, lignosa, perennis? Caulis sublignosus, pedalis, basi simplex, nudus, multi- 
articulatus, internodiis 1-uncialibus, cortice laxo fusco-purpureo glauco tectus, superne 
fastigiatim dichotomé ramosus. Rami foliosi, divaricati, albido-glaucescentes, apicibus 
ramulorum curvatis. Folia plurima, horizontaliter patentia, uniformia, gradatim sur- 
sim minora, basi profunde cordata, (hinc rami spurié perfoliati apparent) ad apices 
mucronulata vel retusa, interdum imó emarginata, pallide flavo-virescentia, marginibus 
rubris valdé coriaceis, inferiora 5 lin. longa, sub 4 lata. Involucra parva in axillis folio- 
rum summorum brevissimé pedunculata, turbinata, erecta, j lin. longa; segmentis hori- 
zontalibus, zequilongis, stramineis, basi nigris. Capsula parva, sub 1 lin. longa ; coccis 
subcompressis, dorso obtusé carinatis. 
Allied in habit and appearance to a species from the Bahama islands, but 
very distinct from any I am acquainted with. 
73. E. nummuxaria, Hook. fil.; herbacea, molliter pubescens, caule erecto 
basi glabro, ramis divaricatis, foliis parvis oppositis breviter petiolatis 
cordatis basi obliquis apicibus rotundatis, stipulis parvis laceris, involu- 
cris ad apices ramulorum terminalibus solitariis sessilibus: segmentis 
subpetaloideis, capsulis pubescentibus. 
Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Caulis erectus, teres, simplex, remote subgeniculatim articulatus, 8-uncialis, glaber, striatus, 
Rami di- 
cortice fusco tectus, crassitie penne corvinze, superné fastigiatim ramosus. 
foliaque molliter puberula, pube albidá. Folia parva, 
varicati, teretes, tenues, foliosi, vn 
virescentia, integerrima, basi oblique cordata, lobo 
plana, coriacea, sordidé rufa, subtüs 
