Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 . ew di-TcSly into our grotto, which we were immedi-ately obliged to abandon, to avoid being ftifled bythe fmoke of our fire. This change of weathermade us regret that we had not returned on board;for the wind was fo ftrong as to extinguilh ourfire, before our penguins were fufficiently broiled,but yet we found them very good. At this repaft^ the ample fupply of water,which we had brought from the»top of the moun-tain, agreeably reminded us, that here at leaft,wc could d
Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 . ew di-TcSly into our grotto, which we were immedi-ately obliged to abandon, to avoid being ftifled bythe fmoke of our fire. This change of weathermade us regret that we had not returned on board;for the wind was fo ftrong as to extinguilh ourfire, before our penguins were fufficiently broiled,but yet we found them very good. At this repaft^ the ample fupply of water,which we had brought from the»top of the moun-tain, agreeably reminded us, that here at leaft,wc could drink without reftraint. idth. At day-break I advanced towards thefouth-weft. Among many Other vegetable pro-dudions, I difcovered at^the bafe of the moun-tains, in a marly foil, a leguminous plant, whichoueht to be ranked amone; thofe the corolla ofwhich is papilionaceous, and the filaments of theirfiiamina fcparate from each other. It forms a new genus, which I call cliorizema. The calix is in one piece, and di\ided intofour parts on its borders. The upper divifion islarge, hollowed, and longer than the rcll. The three. ( A erf zema n?./,fO,<. ?^EC] OF LA PEROUSE. 459 three lower ones are equal among themfelves,ilrait and terminated by a point. The iupcrior border of the vexillum is hollow-ed, and almoft entirely covers the alas of thecarina. The ftamina, which are fix in number, are allfeparatcd from one another. The ovarium is oval, elongated, and terminatedby a recurvated Hyle. The pod is oval, and filled with a great numberof black and almoft fpherical feeds. This plant is perennial, and its leaves are iimple,alternate, feffile, coriaceous, long, dentated, andhave two little fpines for ftipulce. The form of the leaves has induced me to de-lineate this fpecies, under the name of cJiorlzema eiicijo Explanation of the Figures. Plate XXI, Fig. 1. The plant. Tig. 2. The flower. FJg. 3. The expanfion of the petals. Fig. 4. The ftamina ; the corolla and the calixhaving been
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