422 PHANEROGAMIA. 



2. Lathyrus sericeus, Lam. 



Lathyrus sericeus, Lam. Diet. 2, p. 708 ; DC. Prodr. 2, p. 369 ? 

 L. tomentosus, Vogel, in Linnaea, 13, p. 24, an Lam. ? 



Hab. Kio Negro, North Patagonia ; where it is very abundant. 



Without doubt this is the L. sericeus of Lamarck, who described a 

 small and undeveloped state of the plant. Vogel has completed the 

 character, under the name of L. tomentosus; and perhaps the plant so 

 named by Lamarck is a less silky and somewhat scandent state of the 

 same species, with longer leaflets and smaller stipules. The latter 

 vary greatly in size, sometimes nearly equalling the leaflets (which 

 are from half an inch to an inch in length), and always much exceed- 

 ing the petiole. The tendril is mostly short and simple. The linear, 

 very silky-tomentose pods are nearly 2 inches long. The flowers are 

 said to be " light blue." 



3. Lathyrus pubescens, Hook. & Am. 



Lathyrus pubescens, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 21, & Bot. Misc. 3, p. 198 ; 

 Gay, Fl. Chil. 2, p. 148. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, near Obrajillo. 



Less pubescent than Chilian specimens; but in other respects 

 nearly the same. It was likewise gathered by Mr. Matthews, in 

 Peru ; where Mr. M'Lean also collected what appears to be a nearly 

 glabrous form of the same species, with broader leaflets. 



47. ORMOCARPUM, Beauv. 

 1. Ormocarpum sennoides, DC. 



Ormocarpum sennoides, DC. Prodr. 2, p. 315 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 297. 

 Hab. Feejee Islands ; on the leeward coasts. (In flower only.) 



