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at the base of the stems, the leaves tapering to petioles, th 



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branching, many-flowered racemes, and the violet-tinted petals. 



Acknowledgment Is due Prof. W. W. Rowlee for advice and 

 assistance In determinuig the species collected, and to Cornell Uni- 

 versity for the use of a large amount of literature on the flora of 

 Chile. 



The species were named according to Reiche's '* Flora de 

 Chile," as far as published; otherwise the names are those given 

 in Philippics " Catalogus plantarum vascularium chilensium." 



Wenonah, New Jersey. 



