Jacq. Yoy. au Pole Sud, Bot. Bicot. 1. 10. f. T. Perezia Magellanica, Lagasc. Anum. vol. i. p. 31. Cassini, Opusc. vol. ii. p. 1 64. Hook, et Arn.Jn Com]}. Bot. Mag. vol. ii. p. 42. Perdicium Magellanicum, Linn. fit. Suppl. p. 376. Yald, in Skrivt. Nat. Selsk. vol. i. p. 10. t. 4. P. sinuatum, Banks et Sol. MSB. in Bibl. Banks, cum icone. (Tab. CXI.)
Hab. South Chili and Fuegia. Cape Tres Montes, alt. 2,000 feet, C. Barivin, Esq. Port Famine, Capt. King. Hermite Island, Cape Horn, /. B. H. Staten Land, Br. Bights and Mr. Webster.
Very variable in size, from two inches to a span or upwards.
Plate CXI., left hand figure. Fig. 1, floret ; fig. 2, seta of pappus ; fig. 3, stamens ; fig. 4, arms of style : — all magnified.
19. HOMOIANTHUS, BC.
1. Hojioianthus ecJiinulatus, Cass, in Bict. Sc. Nat. vol. xxxviii. p. 458. BC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 65. Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 491. Homanthis ecliinulata, Homb. et Jacq. Toy. au Pole Sud, Bot. Bicot. t. 10. f. S. Perezia recurvata, Lessing, in Linnaa, vol. v. p. 21. Synops. p. 412. P. Doniana, Bess. Synops. p. 412. Perdicium recurvation, Yahl, in Skrivt. Nat. Selsk. vol.i. p. 13. t. 7. Gaud. in. Ann. Sc. Nat. vol. vi. p. 103. et in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 135. B'Urville in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, vol. iv. p. 611. non Bon, et Poippig. Chsetanthera recurvata, Spreng. Syst. Teg. vol. iii. p. 503. Clarionea recurvata, Bon, in Binn. Soc. Tram. vol. xvi. p. 206.
Hab. Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson. Port Famine and Port Gregory, Capt. King. Falkland Islands, very abundant, Gaudic/iaud, Capt. Sidivan, and all succeeding voyagers.
Rather a variable plant in size, in the glandular pubescence, in the number and size of the spinulse on the leaves, which are iu a single or double row, in the sharpness or bluntness of the leaves, and somewhat also in the form of the involucral scales. It is one of the most interesting plants of the Falkland Islands from the very sweet scent of its large pale-blue flowers, which has been compared to Jessamine and to Violets ; it generally grows near the sea in rocky places, and has also been found on the S.E. coast of Patagonia. The H. Beckii (Perezia, Hook, et Am.) of Patagonia is very nearly allied to this, but readily distinguished by the longer spinulose apex of the narrower leaves, and the recurved lower scales of the involucre. The leaves of the latter are exceedingly variable, sometimes wholly without marginal spinuke, at others crested with white equidistant spinules much longer than those of H. ecJiinulatus.
2. Homoianthtjs Magellanicvs, DC, Prodr. vol. vii. p. 65. Aster Magellanicus, Lam. Lllust. Gen. t. 681. f. 3. Perdicium Isevigatum, Banks et Sol. MSS. in Mus. Banks, cum icone.
Yar. (3, lactucoides, duplo major, foliis paulo angustioribus. Perdicium lactucoides, Vald, in Skrivt. Nat. Selsk. vol. i. p. 11. t. 5. Clarionea lactucoides, Bon, in Binn. Soc. Trans, vol. xvi. p. 206. C. glaberrima, Cass. Ojjusc. vol. ii. p. 165. Perezia lactucoides, Bessing, Synops. p. 413.
Hab. Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson. Port Famine, Capt. King. Cape Negro, C. Barwin, Esq. Good Success Bay, Banks and Solander.
Tw r o plants of very different stature have been brought together by De Candolle under the name of H. Magellanicus ; except however in size, I am unable to distinguish them. Lamarck's figure is highly characteristic of the smaller variety, and Cassini's and Lessing's descriptions of the larger. The variety /3 alone is in Mi - . Darwin's Herbarium, the other collections contain both. Sir J. Banks' specimen of the largest state is upwards of two feet high.
