A VISIT TO THE NORTHERNMOST FOREST OF CHILE. 209 
recalling B. Darwinii Hook., but new, alow Ribes, and many patches 
of Margyricarpus setosus R. & P, ., which was scarce on the slope and 
only found near the height, Hupatorium — Bolla, and L. glecho- 
nophyllum Less., formed here the flora; so that it —— partly 
like the flora of tho centre, partly like that of the south. 
en we entered the wood, which consisted shady of Aextowi- 
cum punctatum R. & P., of big but not very high oe 
eastwards by the sea- breeze, and branches almost from the bas 
In the midst of these rants xbanaielys young plants of the ‘“ Canelo,” 
Drimys chilensis DC. The borders of the wood were formed by two spe- 
cies of myrtles new to me, called ‘‘Roble”’ and ‘‘ Roblecillo,” Cithare- 
lon cyanocarpu , Kageneckia oblonga R. & P., and Azara 
microphylla Hook. f. The w 0 th water, the 
Sag densely covered with mosses, and on the stems and larger 
anches grew a thick emeeye? of lichens, both identical with 
acs of Valdivia. We found also a Loasa, perhaps acanthifolia 
Lam,, but onl with one “faded flower ; Merunn depressa Banks, a 
little Pwoiorsis with whorls of bright green leaves, and the following 
Valdivian ferns :—Phegopteris spectabilis Fée, Asplenium magellanicum 
Kaulf., Blechnum ciliatum Presl, Goniophlebium synammica, Fée, G. 
californicum Fée, and Aspidiwm coriaceum Sw. On a place where a 
ittle s ane arose I found an Uneinia, Gunnera, and Mitraria 
Vaccas we met par any “J alla »’ Larrea nitida tle: 
On the nines we rode back to Ovalle, following at first the same 
way we c ; but after about two leagues we turned to the north- 
east, to enc the little village of Cerrillos, situated at the foot of 
the hill of amaya, so famous for its copper-mines and stations on 
the te Se abr Railway. Near the house of our host, Don 
Pedro Barrios, we found ses ape growing abundantly on the 
Adesmias, and - estes a good many specimens for exchange. 
€ road passes amongst low, flat-topped hills, with the same 
zene or Borany.— Vou, 22. [Juny, 1884.] P 
