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infer, hinc inde grosse serratis cseteris integerrimis, panicuhi 

 oligocephala pubescente, capitulis pedicellatis, invol. squaniis 

 linearibus pube appressa parva vix cinereis. — DC. Prod. v. 

 p. 378. — In pascuis Chilensibus ad Fernando. Bertero. — We 

 are unacquainted witli this, unless it be our Erigeron strictus 

 (w. 1019), which Dr Scouler found in Juan Fez'nandez, and 

 Mr Cuming at Valparaiso. De Candolle refers to it, witli a 

 question, our Conyza amhigua {Erigeron spiculosus). 



1043. (4.) C. tripUnervia, Less, in Limicea. 1831./?. 137. 



DC. Prodr. v. p. 377. — South Brazil. Tweedie {n. 955.) 



This has completely the habit of Baccharis, especially of 

 some species in the first section. 



Baccharis. L. [including Molina, 7?. et P. and Less.). 



§ 1 . Trinervatae, nempe foliis tri-aut triplinerviis non imhricafis, 

 nee cuneatis, ramis apteris. — DC. 



1044. (1.) B. longipes {Kunze in Poepp. Coll. ii. n. 104.) — 



DC. Prodr. v. p. 401 Stony inundated places, Rio de Chili. 



Poeppig. — Of this, with which we are unacquainted, De Can- 

 dolle says, '*proxime accedit ad B. glutinosam, et pr^sertim 

 ad B. parvifloram, et si hybridae facile admiltenda" essent, ut 

 ntriusque proles mixta fere videtur. 



1045. (2.) B. racemosa {DC. Prodr. v. p. 401); fruticosa 

 ramis striatis patentibus, foliis sessilibus rigidis ovatis acutis 

 basi obtusis triplinerviis reticulato-venosis usque ad basin 

 spinuloso-serratis supra glabris subtus pubescenti-scabris et 

 valde elevatim nervosis, panicula copiosa pyramidato-coryni- 

 bosa, involucri campanulati squamis lineari-oblongis obtusis 

 inargine scarioso-pallidis. — ,5. foliis angustioribus — Molina 

 racemosa, R. et Pav. Syst. p. 209. — Baccharis sessilifolia, 

 Less. — DC. Prod. v. p. 418.— B. rigida, Hook. etArn.inBot. 

 of Beech. Voy.p. 57.— B. riparia, Poepp. Coll Chil. n. 209 — 

 Woods and groves in Chili. Huiz and Pavon. Poeppig. 

 Valparaiso. 3Iacrae. Bridges (n. 57. (3.) Mr Cruikshanks. 

 Beechey. Cuming {n. 790 a. and 3.), Chamisso. — Our plant is 

 extremely common in Chili, and one of the best marked of 

 species. It is undoubtedly the B, sessilijiora of Lessing 



