of the Galapagos Archipelago. 189 
state. The upper leaves do not seem to be ter-quaternate, as stated by Kunth. 
It may be recognized by the following very imperfect description :—Folia pe- 
tiolata, petiolo unciali ovato-oblongo, basi cordata, apicem versus rotundata, 
juniora submucronata, superné pilis sparsis stellatis, inferné densé tomentosa, 
3 unc. longa, 2 lata, luridé virescentia, nervis subtüs prominulis, basi ad petio- 
lum glandulis 2 instructa. 
AMARANTHACE E. 
87. AMARANTHUS Caraccasanus, H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. ii. p. 157. 
Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esg., on cultivated ground. Probably a common 
South American species introduced into the Galapagos. 
88. A. cELosioiDES, H. B. K., l c. p. 156, var.? 
Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Differing from the American plant of Humboldt only in having the stems 
rather less than there described. 
89. BRANDESIA ECHINOCEPHALA, Hook. fil.; appressé pubescens, caule valido 
suberecto ramoso tereti, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis, capitulis 
globosis sessilibus pedunculatisve, bracteis coriaceis lanceolatis acuté cari- 
natis dorso ciliatis perianthio 3 brevioribus, perianthii curvati foliolis 
rigidis lineari-subulatis subpungentibus albidis. : 
Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Caulis pedalis et ultrà, basi lignosus, crassitie pennze anserinze, cortice flavo, superné præ- 
cipue subtrichotomé ramosus. Folia 1-17 pollicaria, 1-£ unc. lata, patentia, subrigida, 
.petiolis 1-2 lin. longis. Capitula nuda v. foliosa, alba, 2 unc. diametro, plerumque 
pedunculata, pedunculis erectis j pollicaribus, floribus rigidis curvatis. Bracteæ 3, 
subzequilongze, pilis sericeis elongatis ciliate, apicibus subrecurvis. Perianthium 4 lin. 
longum, foliolis inzequalibus, exterioribus majoribus, omnibus dorso subcarinatis. Tu- 
bus stamineus elongatus, inclusus, laciniis interjectis linearibus apice laceris; antheris 
linearibus. Stigma capitatum, obscure bilobum. 
90. ALTERNANTHERA sUBscAPOsA, Hook. fil. ; radice crasso fusiformi, caule 
nullo, foliis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis integris basi subvillosis, 
ramis floriferis omnibus radicalibus gracilibus erectis dichotomé ramosis 
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