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druplo superante multoties longioribus, pedunculis folio duplo longioribus subquinque- 
floris, calyce campanulato nervoso dentibus subaequalibus. 
Hi\B. Conception. — Closely allied on one hand to L. sylvestris, and on the other to L. pratensis, but 
distinguishable by the above characters. From L. magellanicus, Lam., it seems to differ principally in the 
shape of its leaflets. 
2. L. pubescens ; superne molliter pubescens, caule alato, foliis cirrhosis unijugis, folioiis 
oblongo-lanceolatis petiolum duplo superantibus, stipulis semisagittato-ovatis petiolo sub- 
dimidio brevioribus, pedunculis folio longioribus multifloris, calyce tubuloso pubescente 
dentibus lanceolatis. 
Hab. Conception. — This has many points in common with L, sylvestris ; but the latter is never pubes- 
cent. It is found at Valparaiso by Mr. Bridges knd Mr. Macrae, and in the islands in the Parana River, 
on the Eastern side of the Andes, by iVIr. Baird. Besides these two in the collection, we have another fine 
species of Lathyrus from Conception, gathered by Mr. Macrae, and in Valparaiso by Mr. Bridges and Mr. 
Cruckshanks. It belongs to a groupe with many leaflets and many flowers, but is easily distinguished from 
them all by the smallness of its stipules. It may be thus named and characterized : L. Macrcei ; pilosius- 
culus, caule angulato, folioiis sub 6-jugis ellipticis retusis penninerviis reticulatim venosis subtus albido sub- 
pellucidoque-punctatis, stipulis parvis semisagittatis integerrimis, pedunculis multifloris folio longioribus, 
calycis lacinia infeidori longissima subulata, superioribus brevissimis, stylo linear! utrinque, sed supra 
prsecipue, piloso. 
11. LUPINUS. Tourn. 
1. L, microcarpus; floribus verticillatis sessilibus bracteolatis, calycis labio superiore 
brevissimo emarginato, iuferiore 3-dentato, bracteis reflexis, folioiis oblongo-linearibus, 
leguminibus rhombeis dispermis hirsutis. DC. — &ims in Bot. Mag. t. 2413. De Cand. 
Prodr. V. \. p. 408. 
Hab. Conception. 
12. ACACIA. Neck. Willd. 
1. A. Cavenia; spinis stipularibus semiuncialibus geminatis rectis, petiolis inermibus 
obscure uniglaridulosis, pinnis subquinquejugis, folioiis (rainutis) 9-10-jugis lineari-oblon- 
gis pubescenti-scabris, pedunculis axillaribus aggregatis simplicibus, capitulis globosis, 
floribus polyandris. — Mimosa Cavenia. Molin. Chil. 
Hab. Valparaiso. — Of this we have no fruit, and but one very small and imperfect specimen in flower 
exists in the collection. It is, however, the same with an Acacia we have received from Valparaiso, gathered 
by Mr. Bridges, of which he observes that the blossom is called “ Flor de Aroma, and the tree Espino by the 
inhabitants, that it is used for various purposes, especially for yielding the best charcoal, that the fragrance 
of the flowers is very great, being perceptible at a considerable distance, and that immense tracts of land 
near Talca are completely covered with the tree.” Again, Dr. Gillies has the same plant from a garden at 
Buenos Ayres, and remarks that “ it is identical, to all appearance, with the Espino of Chili, which is 
upwards of twenty feet in height.” Thus, it would seem to be an important and well-known plant in 
Chili ; yet we do not find it any where noticed, except by Molina, who calls it Mimosa Cavenia. Its 
nearest affinity is with the A. revoluta of Kunth, (Mimos. t. 26,) but there the spines are larger and 
stouter, the pinnse of only 3 pairs, and the flowers decandrous. It is also closely allied to A. eburnea, 
Linn. Unfortunately we have no fruit on any of our specimens. There is a small sessile gland beneath the 
lower pair of leaflets, which is, however, very obscure in Mr. Bridges’ specimens. The flowers are yellow. 
It is now cultivated in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, from seeds sent by Mr. Cruckshanks, but has not 
yet blossomed. 
