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[LeguminoseB. 
Hosackia, Benth., to which it approaches by the tendency to a pinnate leaf, it differs by the appressed alse, 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; Jig. 2, Vexillum; Jig. 3, 3, Alse; Jig. 4, Carina; Jig. 5, 
Side view of the carina ; Jig. 6, Stamens and pistil ; Jig. 7, Pistil ; Jig. 8, Legumen ; Jig. 9, Leaf with 
three terminal leaflets ; Jig. 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 Feuillee, 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. procumhens; ubique hirsuto-tomentosus, caule prostrate ramosissimo, stipulis 
concretis liberis, foliolis 1 1-14-jugis ellipticis retusis, pedunculis 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, 1 1-14-jugis. Stipulos a petiolo liberse, ovatse, membranacese, inter se 
hinc coalifee. Pedunculi axillares, folio duplo longioi’es, hirsuti, apice racemum brevem gerentes. Flores 
sparsi, pallide purpurei. Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus, dentibus setaceis. ‘ Carina obtusa, apice intense pur- 
purea. AIcb 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. unijultus 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, “ Dissitijiori,” DC.; but on account 
of the absence of 'fruit, and the paucity of specimens, we cannot give a satisfactory description. The 
floAvers 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, racemb 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 setse. 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 alse are wrinkled trans- 
versely at the back, their claws are united with the base of the claw of the vexillum for nearly their whole 
