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as fragrant as incense: its leaves contain an acrid milky juice, which causes 

 blindness if it accidentally falls into the eye. 



29. Copado, is diminutive on the coasts ; but grows to three yards high, 

 and furnishes thorns * nine inches long, slender, and strong as those of the 

 quiscos (a variety of torch thistle), of which there is also abundance in the 

 country : its stem is of no use whatever. 



30. Corcolen. Both the red and the yellow variety are found in Concep- 

 tion ; the red grows four yards high, and a quarter of a yard thick ; the 

 yellow is equally thick, but only two yards high. Its branches are beautiful, 

 full of leaves ; it is abundant of flowers, yellow, and fragrant as those of the 

 aroma: it is fit for shrubberies. The wood is good, but has no peculiar 

 destination. 



SI. Crucero (like the English caper), grows about Rancagua ; it is low 

 and slender : the plant is used as a purgative. 



32. Cuculi, is found in Rancagua ; its size is sufficient to furnish good 

 plank, but it is not abundant. 



33. Culen, Cytisus Arborea, grows to the height of four yards, and the 

 thickness of a foot ; it is both cultivated and wild, and very abundant : the 

 leaves and bark are medicinal. It is used like tea, and is good for complaints 

 in the bowels, flatulency, and indigestion ; the dry leaves in powder, or the 

 green leaves mashed, used as a plaister, are good to close wounds. A whole- 

 some and palatable drink is made from the buds. In spring resinous glo- 

 bules exude from the bark, which the shoemakers use instead of wax. 



34. Datil, newly discovered in Conception ; so that its uses are not yet 

 known. 



35. Durasno, Peach, grows everywhere, and produces all the varieties of 

 fruit known in Spain. 



36. Espinillo, is only found in Juan Fernandez ; it grows five or six yards 

 high, and half a yard thick : the wood is extremely light, but it is useless, 

 even as firewood, burning very dully. 



37. Espino, Mimosa. It grows in abundance all over the country : it grows 

 commonly from three to five yards high, and is as thick as that one man can 

 barely stretch his arms round it. The wood is solid, heavy, hard, and tough, 

 yellow without, and red at heart ; it makes the best charcoal, and is exceed- 

 ingly profitable to the owners of the thickets, on account of the abundant 



* These thorns are used as pins, and as knitting needles. 



