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Ord. XXVIII. FICOIDE^. Juss. 



I. TETRAGONIA. Linn. 



1. T. (Sect. Tetragonoides, DC.) expansa; herbacea, foliis petiolatis ovato-rhombeis, 

 floribus sessilibus, fructibus 4 cornutis 6-8-spermis. DC. — Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. p. 178. 

 De Cand. PL Grass, t. 114. Prodr. v. 3. p. 452.— T. cornuta. Geert. Fruct. 2. t. 179./ 3.— 

 T. halimifolia. .Forst. Prod. 223. 



Hab. Conception. Probably introduced. 



Ord. XXIX. GROSSULARIEiE. De Cand. 

 1. KIBES. Linn. 

 1. i?. (Sect. Ribesia, DC.) punctatum; foliis trilobis serratis subtus punctatis, racemis 

 pendulis brevibus, bi'acteis oblongis ciliatis punctatis, calycibus flavicantibus. DC. — Ruiz 

 et Pav. v. 3. p. 12. t. 233. / a. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 482. 

 Hab. Conception. 



Ord. XXX. LORANTHEjE. Juss. 

 1. LORANTHUS. Linn. 



1. i. tetrandrus; ramis compressis junioribus rufescenti-pubescentibus, foliis ovatis 

 breve petiolatis, floribus aggregato-umbellatis tetrandris, bracteis 3 ovatis ciliatis. — Ruiz 

 et Pav. FL Per. v. 3. p. 46. t. 275. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 103.— Lonicera 

 corymbosa. Linn. — Frolichia violacea. Spr. — " Ytiu." Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 45. 



Hab. Conception. 



2. L. Cactorum; aphyllus glaberrimus, caule ramoso, ramis teretibus, bracteis 3 

 parvis ovatis, floribus subpaniculato-corymbosis tetrandris. 



Caules vix digitales, valde et intricatim ramosi ; ramis teretibus (ut et tota planta) glabcrrimis. Bractece 

 3, parvM, ovate, quarum 1 paulo major. Germen oblongum calycis limbo brevi obscure tetralobo corona- 

 tum. Corolla duas pollices longa, tetraquctra, tetrapetala, rubra. Stylus, staminaque 4, longitudine petalorum. 



Hab. Coquimbo ; and, according to Dr. Gillies, upon the stems of Cactus peruvianus. We must 

 observe, however, that our valued friend just mentioned, considers it to be an aphyllous state of another 

 species found by him abundantly on trees in Chili, and nearly allied to, if not the same as L. glaums of 

 Ruiz and Pavon. To us, however, it appears an entirely distinct species. 



2. VISCUM. Linn. 

 I. V.chilense; caule tereti ramoso, ramis ramulisque oppositis compressis articulatis 

 aphyllis, floribus 2 vel 3 ad genicula sessilibus. 

 Hab. Conception. 



Ord. XXXI. UMBELLIFERCE. Juss. 



I. BOWLESIA. Ruiz §• Pav. 

 1. B.geranicBfolia; stellato-pubescens, caule procumbente gracili, foliis longe petiol- 



