90 BOTANICAL NEWS. 
divia (and which Philippi has €— under the name of Lepidothamnium), 
as well as Mitraria coccinea, not before obtained to the south of the Chonos 
of an arboreous grass of the genus Chusquea ; Myriacee, Bromeliacee, Escal- 
lonias, and Fuchsias constituted a very prominent feature. The trunks of 
a scarlet Loranthus ; and Gunnera scabra covered many of the sandstone cliffs 
with its large Rhubarb-like leaves. Other conspicuous plants were a yellow- 
flowered Loasa and Berberis Darwinii, and last, but not least, our common 
Digitalis, which has completely naturalized itself. We left the Bay of San 
Carlos on the 12th of April, to return to the channels, passing between Chiloe 
and the mainland, and calling at two forts in the island on our w h 
first of these (Cava Oscura) I found Tricuspidaria in flower, and was consider- 
ably puzzled as to its affinities (Dr. Hooker has since set me up "- regard. 
o it). The drooping crimson flowers give the tree a most re ppear 
and was in hopes that it might prove new, but have since found that it has 
been previously procured from Valdivia, being Philippi's Tecoma Valdiviana. 
It does not appear to have been met before to the south of Valdivia, so this 
discovery of it in the channels extends its distribution several hundred miles. 
I have not said anything yet about the Cryptogamie plants of the channels. 
There are -— e very beautiful ferns (chiefly H ymenophyllee), Musci and 
Lichens: but the greater number of them occur also in Chiloe and the sout 
parts of aa. and I did not meet with fee a great number of species as I was 
led to expect. One, a species of Hypopterygium, greatly delighted me by the 
beauty of its growth, resembling that i a miniature Palm-tree. We left the 
little yellow Oxalis, known to the Chilians by the title of ‘Flor de Perding,’ 
formed bright-coloured patches on the hills, and a Fuchsia with small pink 
