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—Mr. Bridges, who sends this plant under the name of Lobelia 
spathulata, observes that it is called by the natives “ Yerba 
Santa Maria,” and that the leaves are used to cure wounds. 
655. (1) Lobelia (Siphocampylus, PoAl,) verticillata, Cham. 
in Linnea v. viii. p. 202.— Entrance of Lagoa de los Patos, 
Tweedie, (N. 792.) 
-. 656. (2) Lobelia (Pratia, Gaud.) hederacea, Cham. in 
Linnea, v. viii. p. 212.—8. elliptica; foliis ellipticis sub- 
sessilibus.—L. odorata, Grah. in Ed. N. Ph. Journ, 1831. 
— Within tide-mark of Rio de La Plata near Buenos Ayres, 
Tweedie,— The fruit of this plant does not appear to us to 
differ from that of the true species of Lobelia, and does not 
at all resemble that of the other species of Pratia. — 
657. (3) L. nummularioides, Cham. in Linnea, v. viii. 
. p. 209.— Moist spot at the foot of Via Monte near Porta- 
lagre, T'weedie, (N. 520.) 
. 658. (4.) L. alata, Br. Prod. Nov. Holl. v. i. p. 562.—L. 
rupincola, Bert. MSS.—Moist maritime rocks at English 
Bay, Juan Fernandez, Bertero. Near El Castello de Amargos, 
Bay of Valdivia, Bridges, (N. 660.) —2«. angustifolia, Br. l c. 
—L. alata, Labill. Nov. Holl. v. i. p. 51. t. 12.—6. cuneifolia, 
Br. 2. c. —L. cuneifolia, Labill. Nov. Holl. p. 51. t. 13.—On 
comparing our specimens, both from Juan Fernandez and 
Valdivia, with L. alata of King George's Sound, New Hol- 
land, we find them entirely to correspond andto be inter- 
mediate in the shape of the leaves between the two vari- 
eties mentioned by Mr. Brown. The &. we possess from 
Swan River, N. Holland.—' The lower part of the stem 
only is procumbent and creeping; the whole plant is quite 
glabrous; the stem herbaceous, distinctly winged, and from 
8 inches to a foot high. 
659. (5) L. polyphylla, Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Beech. Voy. 
p. 33.—Valparaiso, Lay and Collie; Bridges; Cuming, 
(N. 599,)— 8. ; foliis angustioribus. Coquimbo, Cuming (N. 
888.) 
660. (6) Lobelia purpurea, Lindl. Bot. Heg. t. 1325.— 
Valparaiso, Macrae ; Bridges (N. 260.) 
