List of the Plants of Chile. 81 



Fumaria hygromeirica. Hedw. Common on- walls, in pastures 

 and on the margins of drains, and in humid situations. It is a moss, 

 like many others, called pastito. I have found another species which 

 appears to me to be different ; it approaches to the F. calvescens, 

 Schwagr. 



Galinsogea parviflorn. W. A weed which grows in all gardens 

 and is called tomatillo, a name which bears no relation to the plant. 

 It is useless. 



Galium Aparine. L. Lengua de gato, very common in enclos- 

 ures and thickets in the pastures of the plain, and in other places. 

 There are three other species : the first resembles the G. rotundi- 

 folia, L., and the other two appear to be new. One of them has 

 the stalks ligneous at the base, and the fruit bristly ; it is found in 

 the woods, on the highlands, and on the banks of the Cachapual. 



Galvezia spicata. Bertero. A beautiful shrub which mounts on 

 trees, adhering by their roots like the yedra (ivy), which name has 

 been given to it. Its fruit is very red and of the size of a pea: it is 

 called coralillos. Probably this species is the same as the Jliyr^ws 

 parasitica Marifolia. FeuilL As to its generic character it ap- 

 proaches the Galvezia, but the species is very different from the G. 

 punctata, Ruiz and Pavon, which I have not even met with. 



Gardinia 2)U7-]}urascens. Bertero. A bulbous plant resembling 

 the Allium and the Ornithogalum, L., which I have seen only once 

 in the inclosures along the road leading to Quinta, not far from the 

 houses of Zamorano. It is called mapoUta azul, and merits cultiva- 

 tion in gardens on account of the elegant color of its flowers. In 

 testimony of my veneration and gratitude to him who gave me the 

 first ideas of botany, I have dedicated this pretty plant to the memo- 

 ry of the celebrated professor of physics, the late Doctor Francisco 

 Jose Gardini, a worthy scholar of Beccaria, and to vs'hom Galvani 

 owes, in a great part, the honor of his valuable discovery. Among 

 his works crowned by the academies of Europe, I will only cite the 

 following : — De influxu electricitatis atmo splicer icce in vegetantia. 

 Taurini, 1782. 8vo. 



Gardoquia obovata. Ruiz and Pavon. Oreganillo. A small shrub 

 frequent in elevated situations and among the thickets on the high- 

 lands. Its leaves are aromatic and might be employed in certain 

 painful affections. 



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