252, Lists of the Plants of Chile. 
tues eminently pectoral are attributed to the malvavizco, and tothe _ 
pulapila, properties which are specific in diseases of the throat.) <1 
»Marchantia Chenopoda and polymorpha, L. These two Hepats. 
ice are found in shady and humid situations, near drains and walls; 
and among rocks and in woods on the mountains and plains. 
| Margyricarpus setosus. Ruiz and Pavon. This under-shrub is 
seen in the woods and ravines near the Cachapual running to Cangue= 
nes. — Thave seen in these same places a shrub of the same family pre= 
cisely sin -in size. It differs only in the number of stamina which 
are Six ; jin the fruit which jis not drupaceous (drupaceo), and is’ 
with four wings; and finally, in the leaves which are an 
It may form a new genus. 
~ Chamomilla. Li. Vulgarly Manzanilla de Castilla: 
It. grows: in sg sari and cultivated places, and near houses. |This 
plant is generally employed as a medicine. ‘The aromatic odor of 
the whole plant and particularly of its flowers, and the bitter princi-- 
ple declare its virtues, which are confirmed by experience = particu= 
larly with persons of a nervous temperament. Its _ infusion is pre- 
scribed as a drink and as an injection. _Fumigations of it are’ 
also used. resid 
- Maytenus tenia: DC. A prey tree with light foliage and 
branches. It sometimes acquires a considerable. elevation; 
its 3 wood serves for many works in carpentry. It might be 
in forming woods and groves about country seats. Cattle eat its 
leaves and even its-bark in the winter season when fodder is searce+ 
The M. Boaria, Molina, is the same badly described. It appears” 
that this author has examined the flower after the fall of the petals,” 
and calycine teeth, and he thought that the fleshy disk which sur- 
rounds the ovary was the corolla. _I have observed three very mark-— 
ed varieties which merit the attention of botanists; the first, im the 
woods of Leona. Its branches are straight, the beans are twice as 
large but less pointed. The other two resemble it in size $ but the” 
firm bes. the anthers sessile, the ovary more distinct, and the stigma 
of the other have quite long filaments, the ovary” 
much shorter, and the stigma. scarcely. Piomere Not having seen” 
its fruit, when ripe, I cannot at present say whether it belongs to 
different Species. The seanicts angustifolia is met with near Quinta ~ 
and in Rio Claro. — wee 
Medicago, L. of alishe. species. alihie secuisheceniie comt on. 
is the M. sativa, L. ; alfalfa. tis the general aliment of ‘¢: 
