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in favourable seasons produce a few seeds, with which the 

 stock may be perpetuated; or it may be increased by 

 dividing the roots. 



The accompanying figure, which represents a portion 

 of the upper part of the stem, with one of the racemes, 

 was taken in August 1828, in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, where it had been raised from seeds received 

 from Chile in 1827. 



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Our native specimens are from Valparaiso : they 

 accord perfectly with the plants of the Gardens, except 

 in being rather woody at the base. Baron Humboldt 

 found it near Quito. 



J. L. 





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