, PHANEROGAMIA. 



2. PSYCHROPHILA DIONE^IFOLIA, Gay, I. C. 



Caltha (Psychrophila) dionexfolia, Hook. f. in Lond. Jour. Bot. 2, p. 306, & Fl. 

 Antare. p. 229, 284. 



Hab. Orange Harbour, Fuegia. 



Very striking, although on a diminutive scale, is the resemblance 

 between the blade of the leaf of this curious little plant and that of 

 our American Flytrap, the Dioncea rnuscipula. Dr. Hooker's account 

 and admirable figure of this species leave nothing to be added, except 

 the fruit. Of this one or two of our specimens show the vestiges, in 

 the three dehiscent, empty follicles. These were short and broad, 

 ovate, slightly pointed, not very different from those of P. appendicw- 

 lata, and had evidently borne only two seeds at most. Dr. Hooker 

 informs us that a small specimen of this plant was brought home by 

 Forster, mixed with Oxalis Magellanica, although not described by 

 him ; and moreover that, " in the southern parts of Tierra del Fuego 

 it is a very common plant, covering large tracts of ground with a 

 carpet of deep but shining green, upon which the stellate flowers have 

 a very pretty appearance." 



