Native of the Cordilleras, whence seeds were sent to the — 
Glasgow Botanic Garden, by Mr. CrutcxsHanks, in 1826. 
It flowered for the first time in July, 1828, in a cool part of 
the greenhouse. Our dried specimens, from the same gen- 
tleman, were gathered below the Ojos de agua, the cele- 
brated pass from Mendoza to St. Jago de Chili. I am in- 
debted to the Horticultural Society of London for speci- 
mens of the same plant, gathered at Combre by their col- 
lector Mr. Macrae: and Dr. Gizuies informs me, that he 
gathered it on la Cuesta de Zapata, the second ridge of 
mountains which is passed in going from St. Jago de Chili 
to Valparaiso, along with the C. thyrsilora of GraHam, 
hereafter to be figured. 
In many points, this plant. agrees with the figure and 
description of Caucrotaria nana of Cavanixies, Icones, t. 
443, f.2.: but that has the leaves much longer, more ob- 
tuse, and the corolla oblong, not subglobose. 
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Fig. 1. Corolla, with the upper lip forced back, to shew the Stamen and 
Pistil. 2. Calyx, including the Pistil—Magnified. 
