258 List of the Plants of Chile. 
ciated for its odor. It is quite necessary amongst the constituents of 
a nosegay, and sometimes required for the table. di deseanihs 
eR ~ Enothera mollissima. L. Metron, flor dela noche. It growsim 
sandy situations near rivers. It is cultivated in gardens, and is con~ 
sidered valuable as a vulnerary. A decoction of its leaves is em- 
ployed to wash ulcers, and particularly those of the legs. Thera~ 
dalau—C€.. acaulis, Cav., is frequent in the humid pastures of the 
plain, near Taguatagua. Its variety 8. Ser. in DC. prodr., is found: 
in Valparaiso, in shaded spots. This plant and its roots are consid= 
ered efficacious remedies in boils. "The (. tenuifolia, Cav., grows 
in sandy situations, and among stones, along torrents and rivers. » A 
variety with flowers, three times as large, i is found in the same situa~ 
tions, and on mountains; perhaps it is a different species. ‘The San- 
gre de toro, the CE. tenella, Cav., is very common in pastures. Its 
Pao are either _— or purple. I have gathered another species 
e dry | near San Fernando. It spproachesaiiieien 
‘esos Ait., but appears to be different. ca 
Ogiera triplinervia. Cassin. A shrub very frequent in sheesticile 
on the highlands, known by the name of mitriu. Its flowers are of 
the size of a Spilanthus. Like the leaves, they are somewhat aro- 
matic. The wood is fragile and only useful as a combustible. © 
Olea Europea. L. Aceiturro—Olive. Cultivated’ near habita- 
tions. Its wood is employed in white work. Its prepared fruit is ex+ 
cellent. “The oil made in this country is far from being good.» Con~ 
sidering the facility with which the tree yields its fruit, and the great 
quantities which might be obtained, we wonder at the negligence with 
which it is cultivated, and the small extent of its plantations. -Itis 
said. that to sow and to reap is not the work of a day—a selfish maxim 
which is gainsaid by the father who is not indifferent: to the, pro 
pects of his children. The introduction of foreign’ oils’ which is 
daily becoming more necessary, is no eulogy upon native industey-” 
_ Onoseris. W. There are many species, some of ee 
oo Chetanthera. 'The most common is called ye 
uilla.. It grows in dry pastures on the plain, near rivers, and-on" 
ins, and differs very little from the O. Hieraciotdes,” Kunth. 
,.whiéh covers the plant when it is in flower, pee 
country people for spunk. Another grows arfiong. ‘the stones 
one the Cachapual. i have called it O. linifolia from Bnei form 
ofitsleaves. = 
