5l6 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



slender, as long as the leaves. Corolla orange, glabrous, twice as long 

 as the calyx. Legume 4-5-jointed. 



S. Patagon., by Rio Chico de la Sta. Cruz. In meadows between S. 

 Julian and Rio Deseado. 



1 8. PATAGONIUM LONGIPES (Phil.) Reiche. ' 



Unarmed; racemed. Small, branching perennial, with" short pubescence. 

 Leaves pinnate, 24 cm. long ; leaflets 5-7 pairs on the upper two thirds ; 

 oblong-oboval, obtuse, 3-5 mm. broad. Stipules lanceolate, acute, 3 mm. 

 Racemes short; pedicels 15-20 mm. long, slender. Calyx-teeth long. 

 Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Legume 3-jointed, covered by long 

 feathery bristles. N. Patagon. 



19. P. LOTOIDES (Hook, f.) Reiche. 



Unarmed and not racemed. Appressed-silky, with woody stem, divided 

 at the base. Stipttles sheathing, with short diverging auricles. Petiole 

 none. Leaflets 2, sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, all silky. Peduncles 

 axillary, i -flowered, 2-3 times as long as the leaf. Calyx silky, subequal 

 at base, its teeth ovate-subulate, corolla orange. Margins of standard 

 ciliate; a bearded callus on its unguis. Keel axe-shaped. Style long. 

 Legumes 5-jointed. 



Common over all Patagon.; Magellan; E. Fuegia (Dusen). All 

 covered by malpighiaceous hairs; otherwise of the habit of Lotus 

 corniculatus L. 



P. LOTOIDES VAGINATUM Hook. f. 



Peduncle not as long as the longer leaves. Standard silky throughout. 

 S. Patagon., by Puerto Deseado. 



20. P. MORENONIS (Harms) O. Ktze. 



Unarmed. Dwarf, subcespitose herb, villous, the young parts silky. 

 Leaflets 5-8 pairs, villous-rough, oblong, with large, sheathing stipules. 

 Flowers solitary, rather large, on long, rough pedicels. Calyx-segments 

 rough, long-lanceolate. Leaves 3-4 cm. long. 



At Killik Aike, Rio Gallegos (by Barnum Brown), S. Patagon. Stock 

 suffruticose. (" = Adesmia villosa Hook, f." Speg.) 



