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of the Planchon, in lat. 34° 35’, to the elevated vallies on the 
eastern side; and, I hope, ere this reaches you, that you will 
have been put in possession of the collections which I have 
made there. 
Besides the plants from the Andes, I sent some duplicates 
from Valdivia, and others from the plains at the base of the 
Andes, province of Colchagua. Also a collection of Mosses, 
about 50 species, more or less; the greater part from Valdivia, 
and others from Colchagua. I regret to say that my time did 
not allow me to annex a catalogue, stating the locality of each 
species. The Mosses, I doubt not, will give you pleasure ; 
indeed I consider this part of the Botany of Chili as having 
been much neglected by previous travellers. 
The curious little parasite called Pilostyles Berteroi, of 
which there is a sketch in your letter, I never found near 
Valparaiso, though Bertero did, about 1830, when I enjoyed 
the society of that amiable and unfortunate botanist, and saw 
the plant among his collections. In my late excursion I had 
the good fortune to meet with this, or a nearly allied species of 
the same genus, for I must leave it to you to determine this 
point. As with Bertero's plant, so does mine confine itself 
to the genus Adesmia;* for I found it growing abundantly on 
the stems of a species of Adesmia, in a most beautiful val- 
ley, called EI Valle de las Cuevas, about ten leagues to the 
east of the Volcano of Peteroa. It was only in this place I 
was fortunate enough to detect it, so that it must be considered 
a rare plant. I regret that for want of bottles and spirits I 
could not forward to you some preserved specimens ; but I 
trust that the dried ones will enable you to make the necessary 
drawings. 
In my last collection are a considerable number of the 
plants, first discovered by your friend Dr. Gillies ; viz. the 
genera Hexaptera, Viola, and Mutisia. Among the Composite 
I trust that you may find some new plants. It is a singular 
* Another species of this remarkable genus has been found by Mr. Gardner 
. in the Province of Goyaz, Brazil, and equally parasitic on a leganlo plant, 
viz. an Inga, ora genus closely allied to it. 
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