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CHILI. 
\Leguminosce. 
9. VICIA. Tourn. 
1. V. nigricans; pubescens, caule tetragono, foliolis 9-10 oblongo-ellipticis obtusis 
alternis, cirrhis divisis, stipulis semisagittatis, pedunculis folio duplo longioribus multifloris, 
floi'ibus confertis, calycis dentibus 2 superioribus subnullis inferioribus subulatis, medio 
elongate tubum superante, stigmate barbato. 
Hab. Conception. — This seems to be a long straggling plant, which always turns black in drying, like 
Orobus niger. The leaflets are rather more than an inch long ; the flowers almost capitate. 
2. V. parvijiora ; parce pilosa, foliolis 3-4-jugis anguste linearibus acuminatis, cirrhis 
subsimplicibus, stipulis semisagittato-linearibus integris, pedunculis folio brevioribus 
bifloris, calyce brevi-campanulato dentibus lanceolatis tubum aequantibus, corolla glabra, 
leguminibus 6-spermis lanceolatis compressis, suturis pilosis. 
Hab. Conception. — This species is closely allied in habit to Ervum tetraspermum, and has an equally 
small flower : but the shape of the legumen is very different, and the stigma is that of a Vida. 
3. V. linear if olia ; tota pilosa, caule angulato, foliolis 5-jugis linearibus retusis, cirrhis 
subsimplicibus, stipulis latiusculis semisagittatis basi dentatis impunctatis, floribus subses- 
silibus solitariis, calyce campanulato villoso dentibus subulatis subaequalibus, corolla 
glabra, legumine hirsuto. 
Hab. Conception. — In some respects this approaches Vida Michauxii, Spr., but there is no species 
with which it quite coincides in character. The flowers are not half the size of those of Vida saliva, with 
some of the narrow-leaved varieties of which it coincides in other respects. 
10. LATHYRUS. Linn. 
1. L. sessilifolius ; glaber nigricans, caule angulato vix alato, foliis unijugis petiolo 
perbrevi cirrhifero, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis stipula semisagittato-ovata petiolum qua- 
Hab. Valparaiso. Mr. Bridges. 
Sect. II. Perennes herbacea, racemi longissimi aphylli terniinales paniculati. — Habitus Onobrychidis . — Hue forsan B. 
dentata, bicolor, pendula et punctata. De Cand., at de duratione nihil prostat ; certe tamen A. papposa, atquc 
longiseta. ' 
3. A. conferta; adscendens pubescens, foliolis 6-jugis obovato-oblongis retusis cum mucrone versus petioli apicem 
approximatis, racemo terminali composite nigro-glanduloso multilloro, pedicellis fructiferis deflexis, calycis laciniis 
ovatis, legumine 3-4-articulato muricato glanduloso. 
Hab. Chili. Mr. Cruckshanks. 
Sect. III. Caules fruticosi spinescentes . — Hue A. microphylla et glutinosa, qusedamque species iueditse, in ascensu 
orientali Andium a Mendoza ad jugum “ Uspallata ” lectse. 
Sect. IV. Fruticosce hiermes . — Habitus Zuccagnia. 
4. A. balsamica; glandulis resinosis dense obsita, caule ramosissimo, foliis sub 10-jugis cuneato-oblongis saepissime 
cum impari, legumine 6-articulato (juniore) sericeo . — Bertero in Ann. des Sc . — Mimosa balsamica. Molin. Chil. 
Hab. Chili. Mr. Cruckshanks. West side of La Cuesta de la Dormida, in Chili. Br. Gillies . — This is called in 
Chili “ Jarilla." Dr. Gillies informs us that Molina refers to this plant in his History of Chili, vol. i. p. 134, 
Engl, ed., where he calls it Mimosa balsamica; and Bertero, in a letter published in the Bulletin des Sciences Natu- 
rales, for 1830, names it Adesmia balsamica. His appellation we therefore adopt. The plant, besides being of great 
beauty, yields a balsam of a higlily agreeable odour, which is perceptible at a great distance, and is found to be of 
much efficacy in healing wounds. 
