Mr. J. Miers on some of the Heliotropieae. 129 



adpresse scabrido-pilosis, marginibus subrevolutis ; inflores- 

 centia terminali, pubescente ; pedunculo 2-fido, in ramos di- 

 chotome spicatifloros diviso ; floribus crebriter sessilibus ; 

 stigmate stylo brevissimo 8-plo longiore, imo incrassato, 

 sursum acutissime conico, ad medium 2-fisso, laciniis sub- 

 setaceis. — In Chile : v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit.^ Coquimbo 

 (Bridges, 1338). 



This appears to be a low straggling shrub, with irregularly- 

 spreading branches covered with a glabrous splitting epidermis; 

 the lower ones are knotty, with prominent leafless nodes ; the 

 upper branches are terete and pubescent, with axils 2-6 lines 

 apart. The leaves are 8 lines long, 1 line broad ; the peduncle 

 of the terminal inflorescence is 9 lines long, its branches 3-4 lines 

 long, each bearing two short spikes, all forming a corymbose 

 head ,• the sepals are 2 lines long, acutely linear, pilose on 

 both sides ; the tube of the corolla is If line long, somewhat 

 xarger about the mouth, and pilose outside, with a border 

 3^ lines in diameter, with five radiating, broad, coloured 

 nervures ; anthers 1 line long, reaching the mouth ; pistil 1-^ 

 line long, the ovary, style, and stigma being in the proportions 

 of 3 : 1 : 8. 



6. Cochranea florida ; — Heliophytum floridum, A. DC. Prodr. 

 ix. 553 ; — Heliotropium floridum, Gay^ CMlej iv. 457 ; — 

 e basi ramosissima, ramis subangulatis, ramulisque crebris, 

 rufescentibus, glabris ; foliis linearibus, obtusis, imo angus- 

 tissime spathulatis, planis aut marginibus vix revolutis, 

 utrinque subrugulosis, fere glabris aut versus margines ob- 

 solete pilosis : paniculis terminalibus, corymbosis, 1-3-ra- 

 mosis, ramis spicatifloris ; floribus sessilibus, majusculis ; 

 stigmate stylo fere sequilongo, imo annulato, apice 2-fisso, 

 laciniis 2-dentatis. — In Chile: v. s An herb. Hook. ^ Coquimbo 

 (Cuming, 858 ; Bridges, sine num°.) ; ex Mus. Paris. (Gay). 



A low-growing shrub, with suberect or decumbent stems, 

 with ascending, very approximated branches, covered with a 

 lax, reddish, shining epidermis ; leaves 8-10 lines long, \-\\ 

 line broad, Recurrent on a petiole of one-fourth their length ; 

 peduncle of terminal inflorescence 1 inch long; its branches, 3 

 or 4 lines apart, are bare at base, spicated unilaterally, with 

 few sessile flowers; the acutely lanceolate sepals, pilose on 

 both sides, are 2\ lines long ; the tube of the corolla is penta- 

 gonous, glabrous, 3 lines long, the expanded border 5 lines in 

 diameter ; the stamens occupy the upper half of the tube ; the 

 pistil is 2i lines long ; the conical stigma, annular at base, is 

 cleft for one-third or one-fourth of its length into two segments, 



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