of the Galapagos Archipelago. 227 
209. Puaca Epmonstone1, Hook. fil.; caule decumbente subramoso petiolis- 
que subsericeis, foliolis sub 9-jugis angust? elliptico-obovatis subacutis 
utrinque sericeo-pubescentibus, pedunculis folium superantibus, racemis 
oblongis paucifloris, dentibus calycinis subulatis, petalis breviusculis, 
leguminibus obovatis inflatis breviter stipitatis tenuissimé tomentosis 
demum glabratis. 
Hab. Galapagos, Adm. Du Petit Thouars. Charles Island, 7. Edmonstone, Esq. 
Radix lignosus ; caulis validus, crassitie penne corvinze, simplex v. basi divisus, substriatus, 
puberulus ; stipulis acuté semisagittatis. Foliola 1—7-uncialia, utrinque sed subter præ- 
cipué sericeo-pubescentia. Pedunculi floriferi foliis z longiores, axillares, suberecti, apice 
floriferi, fructiferi 8-10 unc. longi. Racemus oblongus, sub 15-florus. Flores vix } unc. 
longi. Calyx sericeus, vexillo 4 brevior. Petala brevia, latiuscula. Legumen char- 
taceum, tenuiter tomentosum, pallidé flavidum, obovatum, apice abrupté acuminatum, 
basi in stipitem brevem attenuatum. Semina sub 12, imbricata, obliqué reniformia, 
compressa, fusco-castanea, sub 2 lin. longa. 
A very handsome and distinct species, allied to the P. densifolia, Sm., which 
is smaller, more villous, has 15 jugate leaflets of a much shorter and broadly- 
ovate figure, and longer petals: also to P. macrodon, Hook., of the same coun- 
try, which may readily be distinguished by the calycine teeth. 
210. Desmopium Fitirorme, Hook. fil.; tota velutino-pubescens, caule sim- 
pliciusculo gracili elongato, foliis sparsis pinnatim trifoliolatis ; foliolis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis utrinque pubescentibus lateralibus minoribus ; 
petiolo retrorsüm piloso, stipulis parvis membranaceis glaberrimis, ra- 
cemis terminalibus elongatis laxifloris, floribus remotis, pedicellis soli- 
tariis v. binis gracilibus, bracteis lineari-subulatis, calycis pilosi laciniis 
acuminatis. 
Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Caulis bipedalis, subfiliformis. Petioli $ unc. longi. Foliola pallidè viridia, 1 unc. longa, 
venosa, utrinque piloso-pubescentia. Racemi 2-4 unc. longi, flexuosi, 8-10-flori. Flores 
ut videtur flavi. Pedicelli } unc. longi. Calyx breviter campanulatus. -Corolla 4 lin. 
longa. Legumina desunt. 
211. Ruywcnosra RETICULATA, DeC. Prodr.-vol. iip. 385. 
Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. West Indies, Peru, &c. 
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