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scales; c. Ovary; d. vertical section of the half-grown capsule; e. ma- 
ture Capsule. 
5. Cuscuta pentagona, a. Flower; b. Corolla laid open ; c. Ovary. 
6. Cuscuta verrucosa, a. Flower. : 
7. Cuscuta Polygonorum, a. Flower; b. Corolla laid open; c. Ovary; 
d. Capsule. 
8. Lepidanche Compositarum, a a. Flower of var. a.; b. Ovary and 
Styles of do. ; €. Flower of var. 8.; d. Corolla of f. laid open; e, Ovary 
and styles of var. B. 
_ All the figures are magnified. 
Figure and description of a new species of Tuusa, from Chili, 
by W. J. H. 
(With a Plate.—TA». IV.) 
Thuja Chilensis; ramis (cum foliis) ancipiti-compressis, 
foliis quadrifariam imbricatis, lateralibus complicato-carinatis 
— ovatis decurrentibus utrinque canaliculatis canaliculis glau- 
cis, intermediis minimis subrotundo-ovatis carinatis stipuli- 
formibus, capsulis nutantibus coriaceis ovatis compressis 
profunde 4-valvibus, valvis ovatis obtusis infra apicem spina 
 füberculiformi, duabus quadruplo minoribus, seminibus 
maxima ovali-oblonga. 
Cupressus Chilensis. Gillies mst. in Herb. Nostre —— 
Haz, Valleys of the Andes of Chili. Dr. Gillies, Mr. 
"d Antuco, Mr. Reynolds (n. 78). Laguna de Rauco, 
*Tovince of Valdivia, Bridges (n. 781). ^ 
.. A tree from thirty to forty feet high, of great ieee and 
Well worthy of being introduced to our gardens, where e 
Can be little doubt, from its native regions, whether the 
ndes of Chili, or the southern provinces of Antuco 
and Valdivia, that it would thrive well in the open ground, 
and bea great ornament to our shrubberies. The first know- 
~ ledge I had of it was from Dr. Gillies, whose mst. specific 
. Name I have adopted, and it has since been found by M : 
- Reynolds, an American gentleman, Mr. Lobb and Mp. 
