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fragrant, trumpet-shaped white flowers. A closely-allied and 

 even handsomer species {D. suaveolens) forms one of the glories 

 of the gardens at Eio, attaining a height of ten or more feet, 

 and being covered with drooping white blossoms, which some- 

 times exceed nine inches in length. This day we also visited 

 the market, held in a large covered building. Oranges, pears, 

 and small purple grapes, were the prevalent fruits ; and there 

 was also a considerable number of the cherimoyer {Anona 

 cherimolia), which is rather extensively cultivated in Chili, and, 

 were it not for the size and number of its seeds, would, I think, 

 be one of the finest fruits in existence, the pulp tasting much 

 like strawberries and cream. The exterior is of a dull greenish 

 colour, appearing as if covered with large polygonal scales. 



On the 14th, Dr. Campbell and I landed to take a long 

 walk into the country, driving in one of the omnibuses to 

 where the road leading out to Santiago begins, and, after 

 following it for a short distance, striking into a little valley, 

 through which a small stream runs. We had not gone far 

 before we recognised the characteristic foliage of the castor- 

 oil plant (Ricinus coinmunis), which we had seen already 

 both at the Cape de Verdes and Eio de Janeiro ; and soon 

 afterwards we observed numerous bushes of a species of 

 Fuchsia which was new to us. This, the F, lycioides, 

 formed a low, rather stiffly-growing shrub, with its branches 

 covered with small leaves, and rather insignificant pale rose- 

 coloured flowers, grouped closely together. On the banks of 

 the stream several shrubby plants abounded, the most 

 prevalent being a Myrtaceous bush {Eugenia stenophylla) ; 

 several Compositse ; the " Colliguay " of the Chilians {Golli- 

 guaya odorifera), a Euphorbiaceous under-shrub abounding in 

 milky juice, and bearing hard three-lobed capsules ; and the 

 " Quilo" (Muhlenheckia sagittce/olia), one of the Folygonacece, 



