List of the Plants of Chile. ; 93 
while it declaims against the favor which their products find ia our 
markets. Apropos of the filamentous plants, we will point to the 
facility of introducing the cultivation of the Phormium tenax, Forst. 
generally called in Europe Wew Zealand flax, because the inhabit- 
~ ants of that island employ this vegetable production in the manufac- 
ture of cloths and cordage. ‘This plant is very common in the stoves 
and green-houses of Europe, and in the southern provinces of France 
and England, it begins to be cultivated in the open air. Consequently, 
we should think that the climate of Chile is favorable for it, and that 
in a few years rich harvests might be gathered. The experiments 
which have been made on the strength of its filaments have afforded 
the most satisfactory results. ~The mode of preparing it is very sim- 
ple, so that every thing tends to recommend this new branch of in- 
dustry. ' 
Lippia Citriodora. Kunth. There is scarcely a garden in which 
we do not meet with the eztron, and in fact it merits the appreciation 
of florists, on account of the beauty of its foliage and the pleasant 
odor which it exhales. Cultivated with care, it might be made a 
beautiful plant of embellishment. The infusion of its leaves is em- 
ployed in hemicraneal pains, and in all the class of nervous and hys- 
‘cal affections. ‘The L. nodiflora, Rich. grows in fields and olito- 
riés. There is a variety entirely joined to the earth and smaller than 
the others in all its parts. It is common in sandy and arid spots, on 
the plain, and near torrents, where it forms a beautiful sod. bg 
Lithospermum Apulum. L. This species appears to be indigenous, 
since it is met with in the fields and in cultivated places, and im pas- 
tures distant from the hills. 1t would be necessary to compare it with 
that of Europe; to know the difference, if avy exists. It has neither 
name nor known use. _ 
© Litrea venenosa. Miers. Every body knows or has heard of the 
litre, a tree very common in the highlands and plains. I have seen 
some six yards high, but the diameter is small. The wood is solid 
and hard. It serves for the knees of vessels, for wheels and axles 
of carts, and for the points of plonghs. It is substituted for iron in 
many cases. Its root, sawn into boards, is beautifully mottled, and 
is used for inlaid work. It is said that the shade of this tree is dan- 
gerous ; that those who lie in it, swell in a most extraordinary man- 
ner, and the contact of its leaves produces pimples and flea-bite ef- 
escence. It is generally believed, also, that refrigerants and ano- 
dynes are the remedies in these cases. The family of the Terebin- 
