Mr. J. Miers on some of the Heliotropiege. 127 



dichotome divisis, ultimis tenerrimis, unilateraliter spicati- 

 floris ; floribus majusculis, inferioribus breviter pedicellatis, 

 reliquis sessilibus ; sepalis lanceolatis ; stigmate stylo aequi- 

 longo, conico, fere ad basin 2-fisso, laciniis subulatis, ob- 

 tusulis. — In Chile : v. s, in herh, Mus, Brit, et Hooh.^ Co- 

 quimbo (Bridges, 1341). 



This species is at once distinguished from all the others by 

 its much larger, flat, submembranaceous leaves. It seems to be 

 a low-growing shrub with ascending branches, with branchlets 

 3-4 lines apart, which are subangular, subcompressed, 4r-6 

 inches long, with axils 4-6 lines apart, which are somewhat 

 nodose ; the leaves (including the petiole, 7 lines long and 

 \ line broad) are 2 inches long, 3-3^ lines broad, the narrow 

 petiole being somewhat enlarged at its insertion upon the 

 node ; within this, three or four shorter leaves are fasciculated 

 in each axil ; they are all nearly glabrous. The terminal 

 peduncle is 4 inches long, bearing at intervals of 3 to 9 lines 

 several branches 6-12 lines long, each divided into two uni- 

 lateral spikes 1\ inch long, bearing sessile flowers 2 lines apart; 

 the sepals, almost glabrous outside, are pubescent within and 

 on the margins, are 2 lines long, acutely lanceolate ; the tube 

 of the corolla is 3 lines long, \ line broad, with a border 5 lines 

 in diameter ; the anthers, 1 line long, are inserted 1^ line above 

 the base ; the pistil is the length of the sepals, the style being 

 rather longer than the stigma, and twice the length of the 

 ovary. 



3. Cochranea sinuata^ n. sp. ; — subdichotome et tortuose ramo- 

 sissima, ramis ramulisque glabris, epidermide laxa fusca 

 rimosa vestitis, junioribus pilosulis ; foliis in axillis plurimis, 

 fasciculatis, linearibus, apice rotundatis, imo in petiolum 

 angustum longe spathulatis, marginibus undulato-sinuatis, 

 saepe subrevolutis, submembranaceis, supra rugulosis, in 

 nervis impresso-sulcatis, obsolete pilosis, subtus palli- 

 dioribus, plus minusve cano-pilosis : paniculis terminalibus, 

 subcorymbosis, alternatim ramosis, ramis geminatim divisis 

 et spicatifloris ; stigmate stylo paulo longiore, imo annulato, 

 conico, granulatim viscoso, ad medium 2-fisso, laciniis 2- 

 denticulatis. — In Chile : v. s. in herh. Mus. Brit.^ Coquimbo 

 (Bridges, sine num°.) ; in herh. HooJc.j Coquimbo (Bridges, 



This is evidently a low-growing shrub, with erect branches, 

 which, in the lower portions, are nearly bare of leaves, very 

 rough, with tortuous branchlets again divided, the younger 

 ones being 5 or 6 inches long. The leaves are 9-14 lines long 



