List of the Plants of Chile. 81 
Fumaria hygrometrica. Hedw. Common on walls, in pastures 
and on the margins of drains, and in humid situations. It is a moss, 
like many others, called pastito. 1 have found another species which 
appears to me to be different; it approaches to the F. calvescens, 
Schwagr. | ; eee 
Galinsogea parviflora. W. A weed which grows in all gardens 
and is called tomatillo, a name which bears no relation to the plant. 
It is useless. 
- Galium Aparine. L. Lengua de gato, very common in enclos- 
ures and thickets in the pastures of the plain, and in other places. 
There are three other species: the first resembles the G. rotundi- 
folia, L.., and the other two appear to be new. One of them has 
the stalks ligneous at the base, and the fruit bristly ; it is found in 
. the woods, on the highlands, and on the banks of the Cachapual. 
-Galvezia spicata. Bertero. A beautiful shrub which mounts on 
trees, adhering by their roots like the yedra (ivy), which name has 
been given to it. Its fruit is very red and of the size of a pea: it is 
called coralillos. Probably this species is the same as the Myrtus 
parasitica Marifolia. Feuill. As to its generic characte r it ap- 
proaches the Galvezia, but the species is very different from the G. 
punetata, Ruiz-and Pavon, which I have not even met with. as 
Gardinia urascens. Bertero. A bulbous plant resembling 
the Allium and the Ornithogalum, L., which I have seen only once 
in the inclosures along the road leading to Quinta, not far from the 
“houses of Zamorano. Itis called mapolita azul, and merits cultiva- 
tion in gardens on account of the elegant color of its flowers. In 
testimony of my. veneration and gratitude to him who gave me the 
first ideas of botany, I have dedicated this pretty plant to the memo- 
ry of the celebrated professor of physics, the late Doctor Francisco 
Jose Gardini, a worthy scholar of Beccaria, and to whom Galvani 
owes, in a great part, the honor of his valuable discovery. Among 
his works crowned by the academies of Europe, I will only cite the 
following :—De influxu electricitatis atmospharice in vegetantia. 
Taurini, 1782. 8vo. ox 
Gardogquia obovata. Ruiz and Pavon. Oreganillo. A-small shrub 
frequent in elevated situations and among the thickets on the high- 
lands. Its leaves are aromatic and might be employed in certain 
painful affections. 
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