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the macho ; and tnciensa, of the hembra. Perhaps two species may be con- 

 founded ; i'or the leaves of the last are narrower, the flower with a yellow 

 disk and deep red ray, and cymose, while those of the first are corymbose, 

 and entirely yellow. Another shrub of the same kind, called Hesinilla,* is 

 a new species : this does not yield any resin. A tree of considerable 

 elevation, and of the tribe of the Evpatorine<B, appears to me quite unknown ; 

 it produces a gum-resin of the same smell as incense. The Myrtus ugni of 

 Molina is found on the high mountains. The Hippoiis triflora of Ruiz and 

 Pavon is very common ; it is a shrub of moderate size. Tlie tree which is 

 called PeralUla, belongs to the same genus, and is even, perhaps, only a 

 variety ; but its trunk is four times as large ; the leaves, of the size of those 

 of the pear-tree, undulated on their margin ; and with a fruit perfectly 

 turbinate : I have not seen the flower. What is named in the country 

 Manzano, is an arborescent species of Urticu, from ten to twenty feet high. 

 I have found a Plantago allied to P. princeps of Chamisso, but probably 

 distinct. The Arraijan\ macho, or espinillo, is a middle-sized tree, with a 

 fleshy fruit of the family of BignoniacecB ; at first I took it for a Xanthiumy 

 but I afterwards recognized it to belong to a genus that I had found in Chili, 

 and named Poeppiyia, The Sophora macrocarpa, Sm. (Guyacan,) differs 

 from the Mayu\ of Chili in tlie shape of the leaves ; its stem is, besides, of a 

 considerable size, while that of the last is a sbrub. I have given the name 

 of Colletia sparlioides to an arborescent Collclia, with flowers of a white 

 colour, tinged with red, and small and very numerous leaves. The Lobelia 

 tupa is very common ; its root is perennial, but the stems die down to the 

 ground every year, after having produced its very large flowers of a brilliant 

 scarlet. Another herbaceous species, which grows always in the clefts of 

 the rocks near the sea, is, in my opinion, new. The Malva umhellata, and 

 a shrubby atrijiex, which I did not see in flower, are only found in Goats 

 Island. A TiUandsia, or a nearly allied genus, is found on the highest 

 mountains ; aiid a JBronielia, near to discolor, is very common on the more 

 elevated and arid rocks. The Azara serrata is frequent in the woods. 



A genus which I think new, and which I have dedicated to M. Lesson, 

 belongs to the family of Umhelliferce, near to Astrantia or Sanicula. It is a 

 small tree, from 8 to 10 feet high. A Berheris, which I believe to be the 

 glauca, Forst, § is known in the country by the name of michay ; its wood 

 affords a beautiful yellow dye. The Arvndo quila, || Molina ? is pretty com- 

 mon. The stem of Gunnera scabra, G»rt., gTows here to the height of ten 

 feet ; its leaves vaiy much ; I have seen them peltate, very smooth, free from 

 wrinkles, and even shining. This plant, which is called pangue, being good 

 for tanning, might be made an object of speculation ; for the margins of the 

 rivulets, and the mountain valleys, are covered with it. An Arbutus, which 

 I have called rigida, and which is known in the island by the name of 

 murtilla, has an elegant appearance. I have also gathered in this island an 

 Escallonia, with red flowers, and a tree which has no vernacular name, and 

 which I could not determine ; two species of Campanula, of which one is the 

 C. gracilis,^ Forst ; the other, very distinct, appears new ; an arborescent 

 Lomaria, tliree or four feet high, besides three or four herbaceous species ; an 

 arborescent Davallia, probably new, and a Cyathea, or an allied genus, which 

 I could not determine ; a genus allied to JLyeopodium^ and which appears 



* Probably a Baccharis, of which several yield a similar resin. (W. A.) 



t The arruyau from Peru is a species of myrtle. (W. A.) 



X Mayo, or " Pseudo-acacia, foliis mucronatis, flore luteo, Mayu " of Molina, is the 

 S. macrocarpa of Smith, and Chili is the only station given by its describer. Perhaps 

 Bertero means to say that the guyacan is a distinct species. The guyacan, or huyacan, of 

 Chili, in Porlieria hifgrometrica. (W. A.) 



§ Perhaps B. ilici}'ulia, Forst : there is no B. glauca, Forst. (W. A.) 



II The Arundo Quila, Mol. appears to be a bamboo, but not an arundo. Bertero's plant 

 may be distinct. (W, A.) 



fl More likely to be C. chilensis, Mol. or WaMenbergia pinarioides, A. De C. The other 

 new species is undoubtedly Wahlenbergia Femandeziami, A. De C. (W. A.) 

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