256 List of the Plants of Chile. 
. Mutisia. L. The species which I have seen are not well deter- 
mined. Two of them approach the M. inflexa, Cav., and M. sagit- 
, W... They grow in the woods. The third grows on the rocks 
in the highlands, and appears to me new. It is called yerba negra, 
though this appellation is more commonly given to another, Synan- 
thera, which I have not seen in. seit and which is common inthe 
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cogone rosca. Link. It grows on rotten mosses, and paniew 
ularly onthe Boletus cervinus, Schwein. 
corymbosa. Ruiz and Pavon. In the fields ont big 
leaden I have in my possession three other species, one of which 
resembles the M. humilis, Ruiz and Pavon, and the others are wor- 
thy of being again studied. These plants delight in the stony situ- 
ations of | tba netirets and near torrents. They Babee — 
Siellppephylien: inaeidlicen: bi Kuché del pato: eae 
drains and marshes. It does not differ from the European plant. ~ 
» Myrtus. L. The common name, arrayan—myrtle, is given to 
many species. The most common, which is thus called, is @ very 
tree. It usually grows seven or eight yards high and I have 
seen it higher and of an extraordinary size, at a country seat m 
Corcolen. It has a fine effect in gardens from the thickness of its 
foliage and the whiteness of its flowers. Although its wood is hard, 
itis not worked, from the difficulty in meeting with large pieces of it. 
The leaves are employed as a medicine. Its blackish berries: ule 
with white pulp, although but slightly juicy, are much sought afte 
by some species of birds. The country people make an agreeable 
drink of them. The M. Arayan, H. B. and Kunth, approxil sisted 
to the preceding, but differs from it in the red and binocular berries- 
Is our species the true Mugni, Molina? The M. triflora, fee 
pitra is frequent in the woods near Santiago, Donigue and Taguaté 
are Lg — varies from —_ to ten ines The hpi 
Na _ The names junca, tulipan and fei we a ; 
Fi nk, erg Tazetta, NV. odorus, L., N.4 ites 
Curt., and JV. Jonquilla, L. These plants, originally from Hu 
are Cultivated in gardens, and are esteemed for the beaut thet 
flowers. The double. varieties are most appreciated. 2 
