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as the provinces of Maule and Jan Fernando, and the Litri 

 and Canelo occur occasionally in other parts of the country. 



In the middle provinces, the vegetation generally is much 

 less luxuriant, and the country thinly wooded. Trees 

 seldom attain a large size, except in hollows and ravines 

 among the hills, and many of them are different from those 

 of the south. Those most frequently found on the hills are 

 the Molle, {Schinus Molle of Molina,)* Boldo, {Boldoa frag- 

 rans,) Quillai, {Smegmadermos emarginata,) and Peumo, 

 [Peumus rubra.) The May ten, {Maytenus ckilensis,) Lilen, 

 {Azara serrata,) Litri, and some others, are less common. 



The Patagua, [Tricuspidaria dependens,) Maqui, [Aristo- 

 telia Maqui,) Bellota, [Lucwna Valparadensis of Mol.,) and 

 Canelo, are confined to moist places in the ravines and vallies, 

 where many Myrtles are likewise found, of which the Temu 

 and the Petra grow to a large size, and produce useful 

 timber. When covered with their fragrant white blossoms in 

 the early part of summer, these two trees are truly beautiful. 

 I may observe here that the Fuchsice too are only found in 

 very moist ground, except the F. lycioides, which, in this 

 respect, differs remarkably from the rest of the genus, and 

 inhabits the driest situations in the hills. 



In many places, where the soil is too poor or too dry for 

 other trees, we find the Espino, {Mimosa Cavenia of Mol.) 

 the wood of which is very heavy, and much valued for fuel. 

 Near the Andes, the Algaroha, another tree of the same 

 family, is common in similar situations. Large tracts on 

 the hills where trees will not thrive, are frequently covered 

 with Pourrettia coarctata. 



In the district of which I am now speaking, of which 

 Valparaiso may be considered the centre, though the surface 

 has a very barren appearance in summer, pasture is every- 

 where abundant during the rainy season ; and near the coast, 

 corn is grown in favourable situations on the hills without 

 irrigation. In the interior, however, the heat in summer 



* But, in fact, a very diflferent plant, the true Schinus Molle being a native 

 of Peru, 



