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as the provinces of Maule and Jan Fernando, and the Litri 
and Canelo occur occasionally in other parts of the country. 
In the middle provinces, the vegetation generally is much 
less luxuriant, and the country thinly wooded. Trees 
seldom attain.a large size, except in hollows and ravines 
among the hills, and many of them are different from those 
of the south. Those most frequently found on the hills are 
the Molle, (Schinus Molle of Molina,)* Boldo, ( Boldoa frog- 
rans,) Quillai, (Smegmadermos emarginata,) and Peumo, 
(Peumus rubra.) The Mayten, (Maytenus chilensis,) Lilen, 
(Azara serrata,) Litri, and some others, are less common. — 
The Patagua, (Tricuspidaria dependens,) Maqui, (Aristo- 
telia Maqui,) Bellota, (Lucuma Valparadensis of Mol) and | 
Canelo, are confined to moist places in the ravines and vallies, 
where many Myrtles are likewise found, of which the Temu - 
and. the Petra grow to a large size, and produce useful 
timber. When covered with their fragrant white blossoms 1n 
the early part of summer, these two trees are truly beautiful. 
I may observe here that the Zuchsie too are only found in 
very moist ground, except the F. lycioides, which, in this 
respect, differs remarkably from the rest of the genus, 
inhabits the driest situations in the hills. 
In many places, where the soil is too poor or too dry for’ 
other trees, we find the Espino, (Mimosa Cavenia of Mol.) 
the wood of which is very heavy, and much valued for fuel. 
Near the Andes, the Algaroba, another tree of the same 
family, is common in similar situations. Large tracts on 
the hills where trees will not thrive, are frequently covered 
with Pourrettia coarctata. T 
In the district of which I am now speaking, of whicb - 
Valparaiso may be considered the centre, though the surface 
has a very barren appearance in summer, pasture is every- - 
where abundant during the rainy season; and near the coi 
corn is grown in favourable situations on the hills without 
irrigation. In the interior, however, the heat in summer 
2, Baty in fact, a very diffrent plant, the true Schinus Molle being a D38V* ` 
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