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CHILI. 



[Leguminosce. 



Hosackia, Benth., to which it approaches by the tendency to a pinnate leaf, it differs by the appressed alae, the 

 entire absence of stipules, and the solitary flowers. De Candolle seems to have observed monadelphous 

 stamens in his specimens, hence he has been led to refer this plant to the genus Anthyllis ; but we find 

 the stamens to be truly diadelphous. 



Tab. VIII. Lotus subpinnatus. Fig. 1, Flower; fig. 2, Vexillum; fig. 3, 3, Alee; fig. 4, Carina; fig. 5, 

 Side view of the carina ; fig. 6, Stamens and pistil ; fig. 7, Pistil ; fig. 8, Legumen ; fig. 9, Leaf with 

 three terminal leaflets; fig. 10, Leaf with only two terminal leaflets. 



6. PSORALEA. Linn. 



1. P. glandulosa. Linn. — Bot. Mag. t. 900. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 220. — Barba 

 Jovis, &c. vulgo Culen. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. p. 7. t. 3. 



Hab. Conception. — This plant, according to Feuille'e, is employed by the natives as a vulnerary and 

 purgative, and its dried leaves are often used instead of tea. 



7. ASTRAGALUS. DC. 



1. A. procumbens ; ubique hirsuto-tomentosus, caule prostrato ramosissimo, stipulis 

 concretis liberis, foliolis 11-14-jugis ellipticis retusis, petlunculis folio longioribus racemosis, 

 alis carina duplo brevioribus, leguminibus (vix maturis) linearibus hirsutis reflexis. 



Radix perennis, descendens. Caules plurimi, procumbentes, diffusi, inferne fruticosi, bipedales et ultra, 

 teretes, molliter tomentosi, valde ramosi. Folia digitalia, pinnata cum impari: foliolis tomentoso-hirsutis, 

 breviter petiolulatis, ellipticis, retusis, 11-14-jugis. Stipulce a petiolo libera?, ovatse, membranaceoe, inter se 

 hinc coalita?. Pedunculi axillares, folio duplo longiores, hirsuti, apice racemum brevem gerentes. Flores 

 sparsi, pallide purpurei. Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus, dentibus setaceis. Carina obtusa, apice intense pur- 

 purea. Ala carina duplo breviores. 



Hab. Conception. — This belongs to De Candolle's tribe, Hypoglottidei, and is nearly allied to the A. 

 Garvancillo of Cavanilles; nor is it far removed from A. unifultus of De Candolle. But those plants, 

 besides their differential characters, are natives of Peru. 



2. A. prostratus ; diffusus, foliolis subpubescentibus obtusis, stipulis inter se eta petiolo 

 liberis, racemis pedunculatis folio multo longioribus, floribus laxiusculis subsessilibus 

 purpurascentibus, calyce nigro-pubescente. 



Hab. Conception. — This belongs to the section of Astragalus, " Dissitiflori," DC; but on account 

 of the absence of fruit, and the paucity of specimens, we cannot give a satisfactory description. The 

 flowers are in rather long, spiked racemes, and somewhat drooping. 



8. ADESMIA. DC. 



1. A. papposa ; caule herbaceo adscendente basi folioso et villoso, foliolis 8-10-jugis 

 obovatis retusis cum mucrone parce pilosis, racemo terminali longissimo composito glabro 

 multifloro, floribus remotis, calyce eglanduloso. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 319. 



Hab. Conception. — With the fruit of this we are unacquainted, but if, as we believe, the plant is the same 

 as De Candolle's A. papposa, it is covered with soft feathery setae. The species differs, however, from that 

 author's character and description, in which the leaves are said to be ovali-lauceolate, and the flowers in a com- 

 pact raceme. The whole plant is free from glands, in which respect it is at variance with what we conceive to 

 be A. longiseta of De Candolle, the only other known herbaceous species of the section, and of which we have 

 received beautiful specimens from Mr. Cruckshanks and Mr. Bridges. In both the alae are wrinkled trans- 

 versely at the back, their claws are united with the base of the claw of the vexillum for nearly their whole 



