Terebinthacea.] CHILL 15 



■De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 9.— Celastrus Maytenus. Willd. Sp. PL v. I. p. 1127.— Senacia 

 Maytenus. Lam. — Maiten. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. p. 39. t. 27. 



Hab. Coqurmbo. — We have also specimens of this from Mr. Cruckshanks and Dr. Gillies. 



Ord. XVIII. RHAMNEiE. Br. 

 1. COLLETIA. Comm. Hook, in Bot. Misc. v. 1. p. 151. 

 1. C. spinosa; spinis validis, florum fasciculis sparsis, calycibus urceolatis, filamentis 

 elongatis exsertis. 



a. glabra. Hook, in Bot. Misc. v. 1. p. 155. t. 44. a. — C. spinosa. Lam. III. v. 2. p. 90. 

 De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 28.— C. horrida. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 1. p. 1113.— C. polyacantha. 

 Willd. in Roem. et Sch. v. 5. p. 1 13. 

 /3. pubescenti-incana. 

 Hab. p. Conception. 



2. RETANILLA. Brongn. 

 1. B. Ephedra. Brongn. in Ann. desSc. Nat. v. 10. p. 364. 1. 14./! 2. — Colletia Ephedra. 

 Vent. Choix des PI. t. 16. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 29. Hook, in Bot. Misc. v. 1. p. 159. 



Hab. Conception : probably in the more elevated parts of the country. — We are informed by Mr. Cruck- 

 shanks that the generic name ought to be written Retamilla, being a diminutive of the Spanish Retamo, or 

 Furze. Allied to these two is the genus Trevoa, of which, when it was described in the Botanical Miscel- 

 lany, v. 1. p. 158, the flowers of only one of the species was known to us; we have, however, since 

 received both in flower from Mr. Bridges, who adds, that T. trinervis is used for fences, and is very abundant 

 on all the mountains near Valparaiso. 



Ord. XIX. HOMALINE.E. Br. 

 1. ARISTOTELIA. L'Her. 

 1. A. Macqui. L'Her. Stirp. p. 31. t. 16. Lam. Bl. t. 398. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 56.— 

 " A. glandulosa. Fl. Per. Syst. p. 126." 

 Hab. Conception. 



Ord. XX. TEREBINTHACE^. Juss. 

 1. RHUS. Humb. Sf Kunth. 

 1. R. ? caustica ; foliis simplicibus coriaceis ellipticis integerrimis cartilagineo-margin- 

 atis, racemis subpaniculatis axillaribus terminalibusque, floribus dioicis decandris, fructu 

 drupaceo sicco. (Tab. VII.) — Laurus caustica. Molina. Willd. et aliorum. — " Litri." nom. 

 vernac. (Gillies.)— Llithi. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 23. (fig. ad dextram.) 

 Var. x. ramis subpubescentibus, foliis glabris. 

 Var. p. ramis foliisque subtus pubescentibus. 



Frutex valde ramosus ; ramis subangulatis, in a. glabriusculis, in p. pubescenti-hirsutis. Folia alterna, 

 sparsa, breve-petiolata, 2-3 uncias longa, eUiptica, obtusa nunc cum mucrone obtuso, integerrima, coriacea, 

 nonnumquam purpureo tincta, margine crasso cartilagineo, oblique parallelim nervosa, nervis utrinque pro- 



