List of the Plants of Chile. - 85 
- Gymnostyles Chilensis. Spr. A small plant very common, in the 
spring, in pastures, on the highlands, and along roads on the plain. 
Hedyotis Virginica. Spr. In the sandy pastures along the edges 
of torrents in Taguatagua. A pretty plant with dull blue antes. 
They are very small and do not‘claim attention. Zar 
Helianthus annuus. L. A plant from Peru and Mexico, uli 
vated in gardens and which many call flor del sol. Various authors 
state that the whole plant offers important advantages, particularly the 
seed; they yield oil in abundance. On this account it ought to be 
cultivated largely. It would also be well to introduce into the coun- 
try the H. tuberosus, L., native of Brazil; its tubercles, known in 
France under the names of alcachofes de Jerusalem or topinambours, 
are alimentary. Hogs are fond of them and fatten on their use. 
Heliotropium Chilense. Bertero. I have seen this beautiful plant 
on the sides of the roads, in sandy places surrounding the lake of 
Aculéo. It approaches the H. filiforme, Humb., though it differs 
from it considerably. It. is strange that the H. Peruvianum, L., is 
almost unknown in this country. The sweet smell of its flowers 
which is so much like that of the Vainilla, secures for it a ¢ 
ous place in gardens, where it might be easily cultivated in beds, 
without any necessity for flower pots. 
“Hemimeris Urticifolia. W. Found in woods, and princigitiy’ on 
heights and in exposed situations. I do not know whether it 
any vulgar name. It should be cultivated—its flesh-colored os 
numerous flowers recommend it. 
-Heracleum tuberosum. Molina. The species described by this 
author is in my opinion doubtful ; at least, it does not in any particu- 
lar resemble that which I have met and which is very common in 
the pastures of Leona and the Punta de Cortes... The plant of Mo- 
lina is similar (according to Willdenow) to the H. Sphondylium, L., 
while mine closely resembles the Sium Bulbocastanum, Spr., with 
the difference that the fruit is alate, the tubercles almost round, of 
the size of a nut, blackish outside and white in the interior, and of an 
agreeable taste. They are much sought by the guanque or cururu, 
a stnall animal similar to the JMus cyaneus, Molina, which fills the 
subterrdneous cavities which it makes, with these tubercles and lives 
on them during the winter. 
Himantia. Pers. A small moss which grows on rotten bee 
It resembles the H. plumosa, Schumacher. S 
