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258 rarius bijugis lineari-elongatis acvmiinatis glaberrirnis, pecliccllis axillaribus solitariis unifloris folio brevioribus, calyce brevi pubescente vexillo -i- breviore dentibus subulatis.

Hab. Strait of Magalliaens, Elizabeth Island ; C. Darwin, Esq.

Caulis spitkamseus, parce ramosus, gracillimus, glabenimus. Folia rernota, patentia ; stipula 3 lin. longa?, subulatas ; petiolus A- J-uncialis, strictus, in cm-bum desinens; foliola petiolo longiora, sub 1 lin. lata, enervia, integerrima, gradatini acuminata, viridia, juniora parce sericeo-puberula. Pedicelli graciles, petioluni paulo superantes, puberuli supra medium bibracteolati, bracteobs minimis inconspicuis. Mores magnitudine fere V. Bithynicm cui accedit. Calyx 2 lin. longus, basi rotundatus.

Tke plants of tkis genus, tkougk widely diffused tkrougkout tke temperate regions of Soutk America, apparently reack no fiu'tker soutk tkan tke Strait of Magalliaens, and are more ckaract eristic of tke vegetation of tke west tkan tke east coast. Tke present seems distinct from tke kigkfy variable species of Chili and Buenos Ayres, in its marginate leaflets and solitary large flowers ; upon tke former of these characters muck stress cannot be laid, for tke presence of bracteolae on tke pedicel indicates a tendency to brancb, and a plant from Cape Fairweatker, so similar to tkis in all other respects tkat I consider it a variety, kas two and even three flowers on the peduncle, which is elongated beyond the leaves.

2. Vicia Kingii, Hook. fil. ; parce pilosa, caule gracili erecto simplici v. parce ranioso angulato, stipulis anguste semisagittatis lobulo deflexo apice acuminato, petiolis elongatis compressis in cirrbum ramosum desinentibus, foliolis 3-5-jugis oppositis alternisve utrinque pilosis lineari-obovato-oblongis elongatis inte-gerrirnis apiculatis apicibus obtusis bidentatisve, pedunculis axillaribus sericeis 1-2-floris petiolo multoties brevioribus, calyce brevi appresse sericeo breviter quinquefido segrnentis acutis.

Hab. Strait of Magalbaens, Port Famine; Copt. King.

Caules bipedales, graciles, parce ad nodos pilosi, 3-5-angidati. Folia remota, patenti-recurva ; stipules parvse, 1-1-j lin. longas ; petioli 1-i— 2-uneiales, compressi, vix alati ; foliola -1— f unc. longa, basi attenuata, deinde linearia, apicibus rotundatis mucronatis non raro dentibus duobus auctis, venis subparalleUs. Pedunculi a petioU subaequantes. Flores suberecti, flavi? Calyx 1-ilin. longus. Vexillum calyce bis terve lougius. Legumina immatui-a pendula, glaberrhna, 8-sperma.

Allied to the V. bidentata, Hook., of Ckih, wkick is enthely smootk, with leaflets broader and shorter in proportion, stipides twice as broad as in this plant and the tirrki simple.