186 Dr. J. D. Hooxer’s Enumeration of the Plants 
Caulis basi nudus, prostratus. Rami divaricati, spithamei, filiformes, crassitie penne pas- 
serine, puberuli, cortice fusco. Folia longè petiolata, remota, patula, 2 unc. longa, 
laté cordata, utrinque pubescentia, siccitate atro-fusca. Pedunculi solitarii, filiformes, 
puberuli, 2 unc. longi. Florum fcemin. involucra 2-flora, hirsuta, flore unico sterili ? 
Capsule tomentosz 3-cocce, stylis 3 trifidis coronate. Flores masculi terminales, 
basi bibracteolati; perianthio extüs piloso. 
79. A. CORDIFOLIA, Hook. fil.; tota pilis mollibus patentibus obsita, caule 
erecto ramoso, foliis longé petiolatis cordatis obtusis crenato-serratis 
glandulosis petiolis 1 brevioribus, flor. foemin. 1-3 involucris sub 8-fidis, 
pedunculis elongatis apices versus tantüm floriferis. 
Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Caulis pedalis et ultra, teres, crassitie penne corvinze, glanduloso-pubescens, pilisque pallidé 
flavis instructus. Folia plana, subrugosa, nervosa, atro-fusca, 1-1-uncialia, pauld lon- 
giora quam lata. Flores foeminei 1-3, involucrati; involucris cucullatis, 14 lin. longis, 
extüs glanduloso-pubescentibus, segmentis subacutis 1. Capsule flavo-pilose. Pedun- 
culi sub 1 unc. longi; floribus masculis in spicam brevem terminalem aggregatis, basi 
1-bracteolatis, extüs pilosis. 
Allied to 4. parvula ; but larger, erect, and hirsute with spreading hairs. 
80. A. FLACCIDA, Hook. fil.; caule elongato gracili vix ramoso piloso, foliis 
petiolatis ovatis subacutis obtusé crenato-dentatis basi cordatis submem- 
branaceis utrinque pilosis, florum foemin. involucris parvis subsolitariis 
cucullatis irregulariter 3-partitis, fl. masc. spicis elongatis, pedunculo 
hirsuto. 
Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Caulis 2-3-pedalis, gracilis, teres, crassitie pennze corvine, pilis patentibus hirsutus. Folia 
remota, petiolata, 11 unc. longa, basi plus minusve profundé cordata, petiolis 1-unciali- 
bus. Fl. foemin. involucris parvis, 5 lin. longis, trifidis vel profundé 3-partitis, capsulis 
pilosis. Fl. masc. spicá gracili pedunculo longiore, floribus fasciculatis. 
Very distinct from any of the former species, in its larger size, lax mode of 
growth, subacute, ovate leaves, elongated spikes of male flowers, and espe- 
cially by the very small involucre of the solitary female flower. 
81. A. vELUTINA, Hook. fil.; caule stricto erecto ramoso, ramis petiolis pedun- 
