370 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
— with the a plant; it differs, for instance, in the 
maller = 
O o the sisog ahs which might arise from another Statice 
dames, as “hone is already a Statice chilensis Phil. (now referred to 
Armeria), I have, to avoid confusion, adopted another specific name. 
Puacexia circinata Jacq. fil. Ecl. Plant. Rar. i. 185, t. 91. 
hie slope, Mt. Frias, and low slope of pampa, si bnislster 
Peninsu 
North and South America. 
Cottomia coccinea Lehm. ex Benth. Bot. Reg. 1622. 
Low shingly ground, Bur njsiater Peninsula. 
Chili. 
C. cracitts Dougl. ex Benth. /. ¢ 
Low shingly ground ein Lake Argentino; and low slopes of 
mountains, Burmeister Peninsula. 
Western parts of North ome South America. 
Amsinckia ancustironia Lehm. Del. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1831, 7. 
Low sheltered ground and sheltered forest, Burmeister Peninsula. 
Chili; South hes. gonia; Fuegia. 
Verbena bonariensis, sp.nov. Suffruticosa, ut apparet diffusa, 
ramis vetustioribus rufescentibus, juvenilibus densiter pilosulis ; 
foliis sessilibus parvis hispidulis pene ad basin trisestis, segmentis 
lineari-oblongis, obtusis, interdum subeuneatis ; floribus circa 6 in 
ramulorum apice egatis, bracteis parvis, inferioribus ovatis ob- 
tusis, superioribus lanceolatis, Reig ne floribus sessilibus, calycis 
tubo longo, cylindrico, 5-costa pilosulo, dentibus 5, parvis, ex 
aspectu floris posteriore diane triangulis, rere corolle 
ut apparet lilacine, tubo supra medium tenui, superne inflato et 
subrecurvato, pilosulo ; limbis "Wutentibns abequalibis (antarlor!: 
bus paul lalo minoribus) rhomboideo-cuneatis, apice emarginatis ; 
tubo fualasti, posterioribus avis, “in ore conspicuis ; stylo pie 
sequilongo, supra medium clavato, stigmate subintegro. 
parently a small spreading undershrub. Main branches 
barely exceeding 2 mm. in diameter, covered with a thin easily- 
peeling dull reddish-brown bark. Leaf-segments reaching *5 ¢ 
ne: generally shorter, often not exceeding 2-5 mm., Sscoal, or 
— the median a little longer than the lateral ones. Bracts 
" . long. Calyx-tube about 7 mm. long, dorsal tooth 1°5 mm., 
stack teeth about 1 mm. long. Corolla Lge mauve or 
ate: tube 12 mm. tape a little over 1 m n diameter in the 
lower portion, increasing to about twice ‘that tar Abowd the 
middle, shortly hairy on ‘the inside; lobes about 4 mm. long, united 
for less than 1 mm. above the mouth of the tube, 2°5-3°5 mm. bro 
Anterior stamens inserted 2°5 mm. below the mouth of the corolla- 
tube, anthers barely 1 mm.; BERe anthers a good mm. long. 
Slopes of Mt. Buenos Aire 
4 somewhat the habit of acon ophylla H. B. K., but is anny 
distinguished by the small trisected leaves, and larger ‘flowers 
