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would be admirable to see, in a large garden, the palm and the beau- 
tiful pine of Arauco side by side. ‘There would be some to say our 
descendants will see them; and it is certain they would say our fore- 
Jathers planted them! ° 
~— ° Conathera bifolia. Ruiz and Pavon.. C. campanulata. Hook. 
Very common in dry, stony places on the hills and plains. The last 
ismore common on the heights of Quinta and Taguatagua. The 
general name of pajarito is given to its flowers, and to a great num- 
: of others which resemble it only in the color, which is usually blue ; 
tthey have no distinguishing names. It might be proper to culti- 
vate both of these species, the last of which might form a new genus. 
 Condalia microphylla. Cav. A thorny shrub on the arid heights, 
Conium maculatum. L. The barraco’ or cicuta of the country 
appears to differ, at least in the variety, from that of Europe. It is 
common in fields and particularly on the sides of roads. Animals 
do not eat it. It is used as a cataplasm to tumors and in colics. 
Convolvulus purpureus. L. In gardens and cultivated enclosures. 
lis flowers are called Suspiros—sighs! ‘This plant, and many other 
species of the same genus, as well as a great number of species of 
creeping and climbing plants, the living roots of which should be ob- 
tained, are excellent to cover old walls which. are offensive to ‘the 
sight, as they yield only flowers. In pastures and on the sides of 
| toads we meet the C. arvensis. L. On the heights and in the en- 
closures on the hills the C. Chilensis. Spr. and the C. Bonartensis 
and Lastanthus. Cav. ‘They are indifferently called correuela. 
oremium glaucum. Link. A small moss which grows on half 
fotten apples, pears and other fruits. 
ucumis sativus. L. —Pepino, cucumber cultivated in the fields. 
Itis eaten in salad, and pickled in vinegar which is what the French 
call cornichons—gherkins?. The Melon. C. Melo. L. many varie- 
ties of which are distinguished only by their color, are abundant in 
Chile, and commonly possess an exquisite taste. The fruit, which 
“is called thé melon de olor, and which is cultivated in fields and gar- 
dens, appears tome to be a variety of the C. Melo, if it is not the C. 
deliciosus. Roth. These melons, generally small and spherical, some- 
times acquire a considerable size with various forms. They are not 
edible, but the pleasant odor which they exhale renders them agree- 
&. They are sometimes placed in clothes-presses In order to com- 
Munieate their perfume to the clothes. ‘The C. Citrullus. Ser. (in 
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and among the rocks near Cachapual. It-is related-to the Colletia. — 
