248 Ust of tlie Plants of Chile. 



with stained grass, and furnished with round pillars of damask and 

 silk velvet, it looked more tempting to us, on entering from the noon- 

 tide heat of a tropical day, than the Ottomans of more polished draw- 

 ing rooms would under circumstances of less lassitude. A pier ta- 

 ble covered with a rich cloth, a large mirror, and a portrait of Ma- 

 nuia, completed the furniture on that side; on the opposite, a curtain 

 or screen of handsome chintz, looped up a foot or two at the bottoin, 

 partially discovered a boudoir. 



The captain was exceedingly pleased with this, specimen of pri- 

 vate life ; and, for some time, could scarce say any thing, but in ad- 

 miration of the whole establishment, and in gratulation to our friends, 

 at the comparative luxury of comfort in which they were living. Af- 

 ter much pleasant conversation, which I was enabled, with the assist- 

 ance of Kekuanaoa's English, to interpret, and a glass of wine politely 

 handed by the master of the house himself, (for not a common native 

 was within hearing — a change which you can scarce credit when you 

 think of the dirty, idle throng formerly ever swarming about the 

 liouses and visitors of the chiefs) we took leave, saying, that we in- 

 tended continuing our calls among their compeers. On hearing this, 

 they both exclaimed, }^ kakou pu,'''' — "aZZ of us together ;''^ and the 

 lady taking the arm of the captain, and the general one of mine, we 

 proceeded. 



Such is a specimen of the wonderful effects of religious and moral 

 instrucdon, and of the consequent effects of civilization, in convert- 

 ing, within a few years, hordes of disgusting and profligate barbarians 

 into enlightened, polished, and virtuous people. 



Art. IV. — List of the Plants of Chile; translated from the "Merai- 

 rio Chileno,'" by VV. S. W. Ruschenberger, M. D. U. S. Navy. 



(Continued from Vol. XIX, p. 311.) 



Chenopodium murale, C. album, Linn, and its variety viride, com- 

 mon in olitories and fields, and near fences. It is vulgarly called 

 (:^uing2ia. The C. Jlmbrosioides, C. anthelminticum and multifi- 

 dum, Linn, called Payco, are also frequent in gardens, near drains, 

 and in sandy situations in the vicinity of torrents. They are fre- 

 quently employed in medicine, and in fact the penetrating essential 

 oil which diey contain leaves no doubt as to their virtues^ the princi- 

 pal of which is vermifuge. Apothecaries should extract their es- 



