226 Dr. J. D. HookEn's Enumeration of the Plants 
2-3 lin. longa, foliolis vix 1 lin. longis. Spicæ erectz, 1-1 unc. longe, ovate v. cylin- 
dracez, dense villosz,, multifloree, ad apices ramulorum sessiles, Pedunculus villosus, 
strictus. Bractea navicularis, subitó acuminata v. longè apiculata. Calyx sub 3 lin. lon- 
gus, undique pilis elongatis sericeis densé villosus. Corolla calyce ter longior, siccitate 
purpurea. Carine foliola oblonga, obtusa, longè unguiculata. Legumen calyce in- 
clusum, membranaceum, grosse glanduloso-punctatum, obliqué trapezoideum, utrinque 
attenuatum, apicem versus longé ciliato-barbatum ; seminibus 2. 
An exceedingly well-marked species, having most affinity with D. ramosis- 
sima, Benth. Voy. Sulphur, Botany, p. 11. tab. x. 
207. Darga rENUICAUUIS, Hook. fil. ; fruticulosa, diffusa, ramosa, glaberrima, 
ramis nigro-punctatis, ramulis plurimis gracillimis foliosis erecto-paten- 
tibus, foliis 8-10-foliolatis; petiolo filiformi; foliolis parvis obcordatis 
planiusculis utrinque nigro-punctatis, spicis in ramulis breviusculis ter- 
minalibus v. lateralibus ovatis villosis, bracteis navicularibus gradatim 
acuminatis, calycis laciniis subulatis tubo lato ovato dens? pilis villosis 
sericeo. 
Hab. Albemarle Island, CAarles Darwin, Esq. 
Caulis lignosus, basi robustus, irregulariter ramosus. Rami teretes virgati, superiores elon- 
gati, gracillimi, ultimi seta porciná vix crassiores, omnes cortice striato pallidé rufo- 
fusco tecti, nigro-punctati, primarii ramulos abbreviatos foliiferos gerentes. Folia sub- 
fasciculata, patentia, subflexuosa, 1 unc. longa, petiolo gracillimo creberrime nigro- 
punctato; foliolis caducis, magnitudine variis, 2-4 lin. longis, pallidé fusco-virescenti- 
bus, emarginato-bilobis, nervo valido percursis. Pedunculi in ramulis terminales, v. e 
ramulis abbreviatis foliiferis quasi laterales, 3-unciales, pubescentes. Spica ovata, 
obtusa, sub 12-flora, floribus approximatis. Calyx dense sericeo-villosus, pilis fulvis 
nitidis, tubo brevi ovato, laciniis anguste subulatis. 
foliolis oblongis obtusis extüs basi maculá flava not 
Ale subsimiles, Vexillum plicatum. 
Carina calyce quadrupld longior, 
atis, unguibus laminz eequilongis. 
208. TEPHRosrA LrrTORALIS, Pers. DeC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 253. var. foliolis 
subsericeis. 
Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. 
Mr. Bentham, to whom I am much indebted for assistance in determining - 
the Leguminose and Composite, pronounces this t 
o be merely a variety of 
T. littoralis, a West Indian plant. 
