the former, its range being far wider and it being further closely allied to three or four Chilian congeners. I have diligently compared Professor Jameson's specimens both in flower and fruit, gathered on Pichincha, with those of Capt. King from Port Pamine in an equally good state, without being enabled to detect even the differences of a variety in the foliage or inflorescence of either. The oblong form of the leaflets similar at both extremities and re- gularly serrated along the whole margin is characteristic, but far more so is the calyx, densely clothed with stiff straight hairs, the slender filament, and small didymous anther; also the villous fruit, with generally two slender arista;. The figure in Ventenat's 'Hortus Celsianus' is excellent.
8. Acæna (Ancistmm) ascendens, Vahl; caule elongato prostrato ramoso, ramis glaberrimis ascendentibus Miosis, foliis plus minusve pilosis, foliolis 4-7-jugis submernbranaceis obovato-oblongis obtusis grosse serratis superioribus sa?pe decurrentibus, pedunculo scapiformi basi folioso plerumque glabenimo superne longo nudo v. rarissime folio unico glomeruloque florum aucto, capitulo globoso, bracteolis linearibus apice cihatis, calyce glabriusculo, petalis late ovah-oblongis dorso apiceque pilosis, staminibus plerumque 4 petalis longioribus, stigniate elongato unilateraliter et breviter plumoso, fructu obconico aristis 4 elongatis apice glochidiatis. A. ascendens, Yahl, Enmn. vol. i. p. 297. Lam. Siippl. vol. i. p. 347. DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 593. {/ton Hook, et Am. in Bot. Miscell. vol. iii. p. 308). Ancistrum liumile, Pers. Ench. vol. i. p. 30. A. lævigatum, Lag. Spec. vol. vii. quoad DC. 1. e. A. Magellanicum, /3. Lamarck, Ittusf. vol. i. p. 76. (Tab. XCVI.)
Var. β; foliis minoribus subcoriaceis, caubbus strictioribus.
Hab. Strait of Magalliaens ; Commerson, Tnouin. Good Success Bay ; C.Darwin, Esq. Falkland Islands, abundant ; Gaudichaud, If Urvitte, &c. South Georgia ; Forster. Var. /3, Cape Fairweather ; Capt. King.
Caules elongati, plerumque 3-5 unc. longi, prostrati, ramosi. Folia nisi in var. 0, flaceida, utrinque sed subtus prsecipue pilosa. Scapi glaberruni, rarissime sparse pilosi. Capitida magnitudine varia, floribus semper ? hermaphroditis. Calyx petalaque dorso parce pilosa. Stamina conspicua ; filamentis elongatis, gracilibus ; antheris globosis.
The chief points of distinction between this and the A. Icevigata will be found in the notes upon that species. The present is the more common plant of the two in the Falkland Islands.
Plate XCVL Fig. 1, flower and bractea ; jig. 2, petal ; fig. 3, stamen ; fig. 4, calyx and stigma ; fig. 5, capitulum of fruit : — all magnified.
9. Acæna affinis, Hook. fil.; caule prostrato radicante ramoso, ramis ascendentibus fobosis, fobis utrinque plus minusve pilosis fobobs, 5-7-jugis subflaccidis obovato-oblongis obtusis grosse serratis basi sub-decurrentibus v. in petiolum brevissimum attenuatis, pedunculo scapiformi glaberrimo, capitulo globoso, floribus bermaplu'oditis, calyce glabriusculo 4-aristato inter aristas attenuato et in lobis uncinato-recurvis producto, petabs eUiptico-oblongis dorso apiceque cibatis, filamentis brevissimis, antheris parvis inclusis didymis, stylo elongato plumoso, fructu elongato, aristis elongatis. Spluerula, Anderson MSS. in Bill. Banks. Ancistrum inerme, Herb. Banks. (Tab. XCVI. B.)
Hab. Kerguelen's Land ; marshy places near the sea, abundant ; Mr. Anderson, in Cook's third voyage, J. D. H. and Dr. In/all.
A. ascendenti statura habitu formaque foliorum inflorescentiseque simillima, sed petala angustiora, stamina midto minora, filamenta brevissima inclusa, formaque calycis supra aristas diversa.
A plant so very similar to A. ascendens that I long considered it to be a variety peculiar to the remote locality it inhabits. Though the characters I have used to distinguish them are minute, they are very important. Besides
