Wrightiane. N. O. Umbelliferee. 
TAB. CDXCII. 
Bouax Guesaria. Comm. 
Bolax Glebaria. Comm.—Gaudich. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. 5, p. 104, 
t. 3. f.2. De Cand. Prodr. 4, p. 78. 
Hydrocotyle gummifera. Lam. Dict. 3, p. 156, 6180, for 
(fig. mala.) 
Bolax gummifer et complicatus. Spreng. Syst. Veget. vol. 1, p. 879. 
Azorella cespitosa. Vahl, Symb. 348. 
AB. Straits of Magellan. Commerson ; Falkland Islands, Gau- 
dichaud, Mr. Wright ; Chili and Patagonia, (De Candolle.) 
mong some interesting drawings of Falkland Island scenery, 
brought home by Mr. Wright, a remarkable feature in the 
country is due to the frequent occurrence of the singular 
rounded and very compact tufts of this little Umbelliferous 
plant. “What can be more surprizing, in speaking of the 
vegetation of these islands,” says D’Urville, “than the enormous 
tufts of Bolax? At first, their form resembles small mole-hills 
covered with green turf; but annually their young shoots, con- 
tinually renewed, augment their original dimensions, till at length 
the mass attains a diameter and a height of many feet!” “It 
are 
_Umbels Sessile, 3-4-flowered. Leaves of the involucre ovate, 
entire, with sheathing bases (f. 6.) 
Fig. 1. Larger var. of Bolax Glebaria, nat. size. f. 2, 3. Leaves 
7 eg J. 4. Tuft of the smaller var. with scarcely mature 
ruit, nat. size. f, 5. Leaf. f. 6. Umbel. J. 7. Fruit. f. 8. Trans- 
verse section of ditto, magnified, 
