36 FLORA OF SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC. 



do not properly belong to this section, but on account of tbeir 

 attenuated or cuneate bases they are placed here rather than 

 in the following division. Even in those species with gene- 

 rally cuneate leaves, they are often seen to vary with oblong 

 and even lanceolate ones. 



§ 3. Oblongifoliae, nempe foliis ohlongis ovalibus linearibusve 

 glahris aut rarius villosis uni~ aut penninerviis non distiche 

 imbricatis, ramis apteris. DC. 



1083. (40). B. petiolata {DC. Prodr. v. p. 408); glabra 

 herbacea erecta ramosa, ramis teretibus apice subglandulosis, 

 foliis petiolatis ellipticis grosse dentatis, corymbis pedunculatis 

 nudis compositis, involucri $ campanulati squamis ovato- 



lanceolatis subacutis. — Chili. Hainke " Species distinctissi- 



ma. Petioli sesqui- aut bilineares. Limbvis folii 10 lin. longus, 

 4 — 5 latus." — Quite unknown to us. 



1084. (41). B. ChilquiUa {DC. Prodr. w. p. 419); fruti- 

 cosa, junior pulverulento-puberula dein glabra subviscosa, 

 ramulis teretiusculis, foliis linearibus elongatis sessilibus acutis 

 hinc inde grosse dentato-serratis aut integerrimis subnniner- 

 viis, corymbo terminali polycephalo, involucri $ ovati squamis 



scariosis stramineis glaberrimis ovali-oblongis subobtusis ■ 



Quillota, Chili. Bertero. "Vulgo « ChilquiUa del Rio.' Folia 

 3 — 4 poll, longa, sesquilin. lata. Affinis B. marginali.^' 



1085. (42). B. paniculata {DC. Prodr. v. p. 419) ; frutieosa 

 ramosissima, ramis erectis glabris angulatis, foliis linearibus v. 

 lineari-lanceolatis utrinque subacuminatis integerrimis sub- 

 carnosis siccitate dorso carinatis supra obsolete trinerviis 

 apice uncinatis nunc (latioribus) margine revolutis, paniculis 

 copiosis elongatis foliosis subpyramidatis, involucri campanu- 

 lati squamis ext. ovatis, int. oblongo-linearibus acutis uni- 

 nerviis marginibus obsolete eroso-fimbriatis. — Molina linearis. 

 E. et P.? — Baccharis paniculata. DC. Prodr. v. p. 420. B. ros- 

 marinifolia. Hook, et Arii. Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. SO. — Chili, 

 trequent. Valparaiso. Bridges {n. 57). Macrae. Cuming (»■ 



191). Conception. Beechey Having received this from 



Chili under the vernacular name of •' Romera," we are i»- 



