Leguminosa.] 



CHILI. 



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Litis glaberrimis petiolum aequantibus, stipulis ovalibus membranaceis nervosis pectinato- 

 fimbriatis, capitulo longe pedunculato, involucro floribus breviore multifido aristato, 

 calyce campanulato laciniis tridentato-aristatis dente medio caeteris multo longiore corol- 

 lam aequantibus. 



Hab. Conception. — Nearly allied to T. fimbriatum of Mr. Lindley in the Bot. Reg. t. 1070, from Cali- 

 fornia ; but the leaflets are narrow and different in figure, the stipules rounded, shorter, and the whole plant 

 is more slender. 



3. T. depauperatum ; multicaule, caulibus decumbentibus subsimplicibus, fbliolis lineari- 

 bus subcuneiforniibus apice dentatis glabris, capitulis pedunculatis terminalibus paucifloris 

 (3-5), involucro monophyllo integro breviter trimcato, calyce glabro, vexillo fructifero 

 inflato. — Desv. in Jonrn. de Bot. 1814. p. 69. t. 32. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 203. 



Hab. Conception. — It is well observed of this curious little plant, by its original describer, Desvaux, 

 that it should form a distinct section in this genus. Its nearest affinity is with the section " Vesicastrum" 

 of De Caudolle's Prodromus; but there it is the upper lip of the calyx which becomes inflated, here 

 the standard of the corolla. The flowers are sessile within the minute truncated involucre. 



3. MELILOTUS. Tourn. 



1. M. parviflora. Desf. PI. Atl. v. 2. p. 192. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 187. 

 Hab. Conception. Introduced? 



4. MEDICAGO. Linn. 

 1. M. denticulata, a., et /3. Benth. Cat. PL Pyr. p. 103. 

 Hab. Conception. 



5. LOTUS. Linn. 



1. L. mbpinnatm ; annuus pilosus, caulibus erectis, foliis pinnatis exstipulatis, foliolis 

 5-6, 2 vel 3 terminalibus, 2 unilateralibus ellipticis, pedunculis brevissimis axillaribus 

 solitariis unifloris, leguminibus rectis compressis marginatis hirsutis. (Tab. VIII.) — 

 " Lagasc. Nov. Gen. p. 23." — " Lotus utricularis. Domb. et Lag. Herb." — Anthyllis chil- 

 ensis. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 71. 



Radix parva, annua, gracilis, sublonge descendens, basin versus fibrosa, fibris tuberculiferis. Caules 1-3 ex 

 eadem radice, erecti, flexuosi, patentim hirsuti, subramosi. Folia pilosa, remotiuscula, nisi ad extremitatem 

 ramorum, exstipulata, pinnata ; pinnulis 4-5, quorum tres terminates, nunc unica aborticnte, 2 unilaterales, 

 remofte. Petiolus compressus, latiusculus, superne canaliculars, basi in axilla (foliorum inferiorum,) gemmam 

 solitariam hirsutam, (florem abortivum,) gerens. Pedunculitis perbrevis, vix lineam longus, axillaris, soli- 

 tarius, hirsutus, uniflorus. Calyx valde hirsutus, campanulatus, 5-fiduS, laciniis subulatis, subrequalibus. 

 Vexilluin obovatum, inferne attenuatum. Ala; vexillum subaequantes, appressa?. Carina in rostrum 

 obtusum attenuata. Stamina diadelphia. Germen oblongum, hirsutissimum, 3-ovulatum. Stylus gracilli- 

 mus, interne geniculatus, glaber. Stigma obtusum, neque subulatum neipie capitatum. Legumen lineari- 

 oblongum, patens, compressum, keve, marginatum, pilosum, styli basi uncinata terminatum. 



Hab. Conception. — Whether or not this plant should continue in the genus Lotus is a matter of doubt. 

 Its nearest affinity is with Lotus tctraphyllus of Linn, fil., having, like it, more leaflets than the three ter- 

 minal ones usual in the genus ; in L. tetraphyllus, there is one additional ; in our plant two, and these two 

 are constantly unilateral. The former, however, has a capitate stigma; ours an obtuse one: in these 

 respects also departing from the true Loli, in which, as now circumscribed, the stigma is subulate. From 



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