426 PHANEROGAMIA. 



Var. y. plumosa : articulis lomenti (infimo excepto) setis elongatis vere 

 plumosis crinitis ; foliolis retusis. 



Hab. Obrajillo, Andes of Peru : both varieties. 



These are, I believe, two extreme forms of the species which 

 DeCandolle has illustrated; one of them having only very short and 

 glabrous setae on the joints of the pod, and even these sometimes obso- 

 lete ; the other having the copious setae elongated and conspicuously 

 plumose. The leaflets in both are retuse. A specimen in the Hooke- 

 rian herbarium, gathered by Matthews, No. 540, connects our var. y. 

 with the original form of the species. 



3. Adesmia balsamic a, Bert. 



Adesmia balsamica, Bertero, in Mem. Turin. 39, p. 59, t. 10 ; Hook. & Am. Bot. 



Beech. Voy. p. 20, & Bot. Misc. 3, p. 192 ; Gay, Fl. Chil. 2, p. 180. 

 Mimosa balsamica, Molina, Hist. Chil. 



Hab. Valparaiso, Chili. 



The foliage and branchlets are covered with glands, which yield an 

 agreeable aromatic balsam. 



4. Adesmia microphtlla, Hook. & Am. 



Adesmia microphylla, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Yoy. p. 19, t. 9 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 1962. 



Hab. Valparaiso, Chili ; abundant on hills near the sea. 



5. Adesmia horpjda, Gillies. 



Adesmia horrida, Gillies in Hook. Bot. Misc. 3, p. 191 ; Gay, Fl. Chil. 2, p. 204. 



Hab. Andes of Chili, above Santiago. (Branches without flowers 

 or fruit.) 



