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subglobosum, 4-sulcatum^ 4-loculare, loculis ovulo solitario 

 suspense munitis : stylus teres, superne paulo incrassatus ; 

 stigma inclusum, valde elongatum, imo annulo crasso cinc- 

 tum, sursum attenuatum, plus minusve profunde 2-fissum, 

 laciniis subulatis, integris, vel 2-denticulatis. Fructus ex- 

 succus, globosus, profunde 2-sulcatus, calyce persistente in- 

 clusus ; nuculce 2, semiglobosse, marginibus rotundatis, facie 

 subplana, foraminulo obsolete incavatae, ossese, singulse 2- 

 loculares, loculis 1-spermis. Semen ovatum, apice suspen- 

 sum ; integumenta tenuissima ; albumen parcum, carnosum ; 

 embryo orthotropus, cotyledonibus ovatis, subcompressis, 

 carnosulis, radicula tereti ad summum spectante duplo lon- 

 gioribus. 

 Suffrutices Chilenses^ dumosi^ odore balsamico scatentesj ra- 

 mosi ; ramis scejoe virgatisj valde foUosis ; folia in axillis 

 alternis j)lurima^ fasciculata^ scepius anguste lineares^ mar- 

 ginibus interdum valde revolutis : panicula terminalis^ pri- 

 mum subcapitata^ demum expansa^ valde ramosa^ ramis bre- 

 viter divisis et spicatifloris ; flores^arv/, 1-lateraleSj sessilesy 

 ebracteati. 



1. Cochranea conferta^ nob. Trav. Chile, ii. 529; — Heliophytum 

 stenophyllum, var. rosmarinifolium, DC. Prodr. ix. 552; 

 Gay J Chile^ iv. 456 ; — ramis strictiusculis, erectis, breviter 

 pauciramulosis, in junioribus viscoso-pilosulis, demum 

 glabris, confertissime imbricatim foliosis ; foliis in axillis 

 alternis, plurimis et fasciculatis, anguste linearibus, imo 

 spathulatis, sessilibus, marginibus valde revolutis, supra 

 subrugulosis, glabris aut obsolete puberulis, subtus parce 

 rigido-pilosis : paniculis terminalibus, corymbosis ; ramis 

 alternis 3-4, spicas plurimas alternas gerentibus ; floribus 

 sessilibus, uniserialibus ; stigmate stylo 2-plo longiore, fere 

 ad medium 2-fido, laciniis subulatis, obtusulis. — In Chile : 

 V. V. ad Cuesta larga de Llaillay ; v. s. in herb, variis (Cu- 

 ming, 377 ; Bridges, 235) ; in herb, Hook.j Coquimbo 

 (Harvey), ex Mus. Paris. Chile (Gay). 



I found this plant in 1822 in the province of Quillota, where 

 it is frequent upon the lofty hills, forming a bushy shrub from 

 3 to 5 feet in height. Its erect branches are densely covered 

 with crowded, imbricated leaves, fasciculated in the approxi- 

 mated axils ; they are 14-18 lines long, \ line broad. The 

 terminal inflorescence, when fully developed, has a main 

 peduncle 1^-2 inches long, bractless, expanding into three or 

 four alternate branchlets, 9 lines long, bearing many crowded 

 sessile flowers arranged unilaterally in a spike ; the sepals are 

 \\ line long, obtusely subulate, glabrous, with ciliated mar- 



