46 CHILI. [Iridem. 



that it grows throughout the province of Conception, and that the wood is brought to Valparaiso, and much 

 used, on account of its cheapness, for in-door work, as the following plant, the " Roble," Fagus obliqua, is 

 for standing the weather. 



Ord. LXII. AMENTACEiE. Juss. 

 1. FAGUS. Tourtt. 

 1. F. obliqua; foliis ovato-oblongis obliquis subrhomboideis obtusis duplicato-serratis 

 basi integris in petiolum attenuatis pilosiusculis, perianthiis masculis solitariis hemis- 

 phasricis sinuatis 30-40-andris, cupulis capsuliformibus muricatis quadripartitis, segmen- 

 tis ovatis obtusis, ovariis inclusis triquetris, angulis alatis. Mirbel, in Mem. du Mus. v. 14. 

 p. 465. t. 23. 



Hab. Conception. 



Cl. II. MONOCOTYLEDONE.E. 



Ord. LXIII. ORCHIDEtE. Juss. 

 I. CHLORjEA. Lindl. 

 Pollinia 2 pulverea bipartita, cauliculis glandulisque nullis. Anthera terminalis oper- 

 cularis bilocularis, loculis completis septulo incompleto bipartitis. Stigma transversum 

 ovatum in apice columnar Columna semiteres membranaceo-marginata. Labellum anti- 

 cum cucullatum basi cordatum, cum columna levissime connatum, cristatum, lobo medio 

 saepissime carnoso. Sepala subaequalia ringentia membranacea venosa; supremo galeato, 

 interioribus sub galea conniventibus, exterioribus labello suppositis, apice anamorphose 

 repressa, carnosis dilatatis.— Herbae Amer. austr. temp, terrestres, radicibus fasciculatis. 

 Folia plana, verticalia, venosa. Scapi multiflori, terminates, squamosi. Flores subherbacei. 

 Lindl. 



1. C. multiflora; foliis oblongis scapo longe brevioribus, sepalis inferioribus lanceolatis 

 patentibus apice carnosis dilatatis hinc membranaceis, labello oblongo membranaceo un- 

 guiculato, crista rara glandulosa, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio elongato obtuso 

 crispo. Lindl in Brande's New Journ. of Science, 1827, p. 43. 



Hab. Conception.— Mr. Lindley has described nine species of this genus, of which we possess 

 several from Mr. Cruckshanks, Mr. Bridges, and Mr. Macrae. The « Gairlu," Feuill. ChU. v. 2. t 18, is 

 C. Gairlu, or Cymbidium luteum, Willd. The Epipactis, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 19, or Cymb. virescens, 

 Willi, is Chi. virescens. The Epipactis, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 17, is Spiranthes diuretica. The other 

 orchideous plant of Feuill. t. 20, Mr. Lindley has not referred to. 



Ord. LXIV. IRIDEiE. Juss. 

 1. SISYRRHYNCHIUM. Linn. 

 1. S. graminifolium ; scapo tereti, foliis lineari-ensiformibus scabriusculis scapo sub- 

 aequalibus, spathis exterioribus subfoliaceis interioribus obtusis marginatis, intimis mem- 



