Mathewsiane. N. O. Ranunculaceex, 
TAB, CXXXVII. 
Hamapryas ANDICOLA. 
Sericea, acaulis foliis rhombeo-ovatis integris integerrimis juni- 
oribus petalis calycibusque subtus basique petioli sericeo- 
villosissimis. 
Has. Lofty and very cold situations upon the Cordillera of 
Andimarca, Peru. Mathews, (n. 1139). 
I think there can be no doubt of this being a genuine Hama- 
dryas, judging from the figure of H. Magellanica in De Lessert’s 
Icones, and from a specimen in our Herbarium collected by Mr. 
Darwin: but my specimens of the present species are not suffi- 
ciently copious to allow of my examining so minutely as I could 
wish, the structure of the flowers, nor do they possess any fruit, 
which is still a desideratum among Botanists. It differs essen- 
tially from the species just mentioned as well as from H. 
comentosa, not only in the entire leaves, but also in the absence of 
a stem. The centre of our little plant from which the flower 
rises, is clothed with very long beautifully silky hairs. 
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