our plant may be deleterious the offenfive fmell of the milky 

 juice, with which every part abounds, would lead one to be- 

 lieve ; but certainly in a far lefs degree than what Feui llee 

 defer ibes. We have repeatedly fmelt to and differed the 

 flowers with impunity, and have not found it to occafion even 

 head-ach. 



That our plant, however, is not the Rapuntium /pica/urn, 

 fbliis acutijf vulgo Tupa of Feui llee, we think muft be 

 evident, from comparing his defcription and figure with the 

 above. He fays the flem has five flat fides, and is hollow; 

 that of our plant is rounded and filled with a hard pith. The 

 floral leaves in the Tupa are faid to be fhorter than the flower, 

 and with the peduncle and calyx of a red colour ; the leaves 

 embracing the flem and decurrent for two inches and a half; 

 fruit three-celled- 



On the other hand, Feuillee found his plant about the 

 fame part; he fays in 65 fouth latitude in the mountains of 

 Chili. Ours was found by Dr. Brandt, formerly profeflbr 

 of medicine in Cologne, at Valparayfo, who. communicated 

 the feeds to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, where our drawing 

 was taken. Mr. Archibald Menzies fome years before 

 collected it in the fame place. His fpecimen is preferred in 

 the Bankfian Herbarium ; and it appears by the new edition 

 of the Hortus Kewenfis, that it was by him introduced into 

 the Kew Gardens in 1794. 



Flowers from July to November. 





