332 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
This species is ay near the widely crteibe pe arctic and north 
temperate A. alpinus L. The Patagonian specimens differ in the 
silky white i BP cater of the stem and leaves ‘Gleteal surface), 
and the blunt or retuse Feats apex 
PaTaGonium BoRONIOIDEs O. K. Rev. Gen. Pl. i. 200 (borontodes). 
Adesmia boronioides aaa f. Fl. Antaret. 257. 
Burmeister Peninsu 
Patagonia ; Straits of Magellan. 
. P. sauicornorpes Spegazz. in Anal. Mus. Nacion. Buenos Aires, 
vil. 275, Adesmia carnosa Dusén in Svensk. Exp. till Magellanslind. 
lll. no. 5, 1 gs. 1 & 3. 
Mountain tops, purneniet cee 
Patagonia; Eastern Fue 
P. KARRAIKENSE Spegazz. i c. 274, Adesmia ald apg Spegazz. 
Nova Add. Fl. Patagon. n. 49. 4. Negeri Dus gs. 2& 4. 
High slopes of sageninbe, Burmeister F pede oy 
South Patagon 
estre, sp. nov. Pees 464B). Frutex cum 
ramulis florenttibns dent spinescentibus; ramis sublaxiter foliosis; 
foliis juvenilibus velut ramulis novellis albido:pubesoantibus, adultis 
glabrescentibus, 4-6-jugis, foliolis obovato-cun eatis, apice emargi- 
Have, petiolo ie. stipulis triangularibus, seariosis, persiste nti- 
mulorum apicibus racemosis ; calyce viride velut 
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curvatam 
ovario densius albido. “5 Bel cee immaturo brunneo, sie 
aspectu anteriore densiter albido-piloso, pilis simplicibus 
Apparently a small woody shrub with a gorse- ike habit, 
glabrous, except on the young shoots and leaves ; branches of 
present season pale green, of last season stout (2-3 mm. in thick- 
ness), rltioe and pale brown a D geteg Leaves 1-5-2 cm. ~ 
teeth 1 mm.; vexillum 1 em. long, and nearly as : beonil ale: 1 cm. 
long, 3°5 mm. broad, ‘ik saccate posteriorly at the base. The 
upaeiare pod (1 em. long) shows no trace of a division into joints. 
Nitrate pa 
The = ag a into the section Dasycarpum (lomentis puberis 
hispidis v. villosis, pilis simplicibus, Jgpoeraes in which it is 
characterised by its spinescent habit and racemed flowers. 
P. glanduliferum, sp.nov. Herba perennis pat -hispi- 
dula, caulibus divaricatis, laxe foliatis, angulatis; foliis 6-9-jugis, 
foliclis cuneato-obovatis, mu cronulatis, crassiusculis, facie superiore 
glandulis atris punctata, et interdum in linea mediana setosa, mar- 
