6" THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



MurtiUa, was distinguished by the elegance of its habit. An Escallonia, with red flowers, 

 was collected, and leaves of an indeterminable tree without a native name ; two species of 

 Campanula, one of which Bertero took to be Campanula gracilis, Forst. [really Wahlen- 

 bergia berteroi], and the other a distinct new species. Among the ferns were an arboreous 

 Lomaria \_Lomaria procera] and two or three herbaceous species; an arboreous Davallia 

 [Dixsksonia berteroana] ; a Cyathea, or neighbouring genus [Thyrsojrferis] ; a genus near 

 Lycopodium, and apparently very distinct \_Notarisia lycopodioides, Colla = Gottschea 

 berteroana]; various species of Pohjpjodivm, among them Polypodium californicum 

 [Polypodium translucens], Pohjp>odium pruinatum [Alsophila pruinatd], and Poly- 

 podium spectabile [Polypodium punctatum]; a pretty Aspidium; Nothochlcena nivea 

 [Nothochlcena chilensis — scarcely specifically different from Nothochlcena nivea']; and 

 three species of Asplenium, including Asplenium magellanicum. 



Salicornia peruviana was only found on the north side of the island. The Mosses, 

 Lichens, and Fungi were very numerous, but it was impossible to determine them on the 

 spot. Phijtoxys acidissima, M.olm& 1 [Cuminia], a tree six to eight feet high, merits 

 special study, Bertero says, and may be a different genus. Bertero then speaks of the 

 species of Rhctinodendron, Robinsonia, and Dendroseris, of which he collected five or six 

 species ; but as the particulars are given further on under the genus, they may be omitted 

 here. 



Among exotic plants that had become thoroughly naturalised and so abundant as to 

 have all the appearance of being indigenous, Bertero mentions Melissa officinalis, Apium 

 petroselinum, several species of Medicago, Arena sativa, Chenopodium anthelminthicum, 

 and Physalis peruviana, which furnished excellent fruit. The peach tree was so abundant 

 that one could hardly form an idea of the quantity of fruit collected ; and the fruit was 

 generally good, notwithstanding the half-wild state of the trees. Cestrum pargui was 

 frequent near dwelling-houses. Many other fruits were abundant ; and Fragaria chilensis 

 bore better fruit than in Chili. 



Eats were exceedingly numerous, in spite of all that was done to keep them down, 

 and they destroyed much fruit. Goats were present in incalculable numbers, and their 

 flesh was of the most exquisite flavour ; a few hogs existed in the valley of La Cueva. 

 Homed cattle were almost extinct ; and there were no horses. Domestic pigeons had 

 become wild, and increased to an enormous extent. Very few insects were observed. 



Mr Hugh Cuming was an Englishman, who resided for some time at Valparaiso, and 

 afterwards devoted himself to the collection of objects of natural history in Chili, Peru, 

 Banarna, and the Philippine Islands, where he made very large collections of dried plants. 

 I le appears to have visited the islands, if not in company with Bertero, at least during the 

 stay of the latter, but he did not make by any means so extensive a collection, and was 

 probably there only for a few days. He also went to Masafuera. 



The next in succession is Claude Gay, the author of the Flora Chilena, who spent a 

 fortnight in Juan Fernandez early in the year of 1S32, and collected what plants he could 



