254 List of the Plants of Chile. 
» Mentha. L. The yerba buena, the bergamota and the poleovery 
common near drains, along the fences of olitories, and the last in 
-marshy fields in the plain, are plants brought from Europe. | They 
belong to the M. Piperita, L. Citrata, Ebrh. and Pulegium, eseiated 
serve for various domestic and pharmaceutic purposes. ath 
> Merisma. Pers. 1 have found only one species of this pe 
pieces of wood and branches of trees which have been buried and 
are half rotten. This moss is blackish, its branches are caked, coria- 
ceous, and figured at the extremity. i aPeis. 
_. Merulius M. Morchellicephalus. Bertero. A small pretty moss — 
Ihave only seen once in a heap of rotten branches in a garden. The 
superior part of the Pileus shows some cuts analogous to those of the 
, Pers. and on the inferior ian the generic character was 
very decided. : ee 
setlieeTisitalen: Sgt ege-dienek Fax common on farms: 
This plant is much used as a condiment and asa remedy. The 
seeds are used to flavor spirits (aguardiente). Sown in good 
fennel yields very tender sprouts of good flavor which may be seived 
at table as is the custom in Italy. 3 Ste AE 
- Micropus. L. Two species; the first resembles the M. supinus, 
Eni it grows in the pastures on the highlands and plains. The other is 
found in barren situations and in the fields of Rancagua and Quinta. 
The particular form of its flowers almost sticking to the earth, has ob- 
tained for-it the name of M. globiferus which I have given it. = 
ia Chilensis. Lindl. A precious little plant which grows ia 
diiletihng thdesatigiathdetatidttaaitictonsite seacbaweanit : 
Punta de Cortés. Its flowers incline to a greenish yellow. ‘Anoth- 
er species is met with in the same situations which, although similar 
in appearance to the first, differs from it in the following part 
Its leaves are narrower, its flowers less numerous and only of half the 
size, the exterior bracts are linear, lanceolate, greenish with violet 
rays, and the two inferior declinate. - 1 have called it M. Myodes, 
from its figure’s being analogous to the Ophrys of this name. 
©) Mimulus luteus. L. In drains and inundated places both on the 
highlands and ‘plains. A variety: or species with. large 38 eps: i 
