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(Boldoa fragrans; No. 1); the boldo. A large shrub, somewhat Calycanthus-like ; aro- 

 matic; the leaves Cordia-like, but opposite; calycifioral ; the flowers white; petals 

 about five ; stamens about twenty; the fruit not seen. Frequent from Valparaiso to the 

 basal portion of the Andes. 



(Luma No. 1 ; nov. gen. of G-ray). Myrtus-like ; leaves broad, the under surface white ; 

 calyx four-cleft. From Valparaiso to Coracovi ; frequent. 



( No. 2) ; Myrtus-like. The leaves small, half an inch in length, lanceolate-ovate, 



green on both surfaces. 



( No. 3) ; Myrtus-like. An arborescent shrub, six to twenty feet high ; leaves 



broad, smooth, apiculate; berries in pairs, black, no bracts at the base; the calyx four- 

 cleft. On the summit of the mountain-ridge that commences twelve miles South of 

 Valparaiso. 



( ) Leptospermoides ? (No. 4) ; Eugenia of authors. Branches ferruginous ; leaves 



small, lanceolate, obtuse ; fruit solitary, short-pedicelled, granular when dried. Ravines 

 in the environs of Valparaiso. 



( No. 5) ; Eugenia-like. A shrub, having much of the aspect of the Australian 



species of Metrosideros ; leaves lanceolate-linear ; the young calyx clove-shaped ; fruit 

 bibracteate. River-banks in the environs of Valparaiso. 



( ) chekan ? (No. 6) ; Eugenia of authors. A tree, thirty feet high, with the trunk 



two feet in diameter ; leaves ovate, obtuse, revolute or concave beneath ; fruit bibrac- 

 teate. On the summit of the mountain-ridge that commences twelve miles South of 

 Valparaiso. 



( No. 7) ; Eugenia-like. A shrub ; the berries small, red, bibracteate. Environs 



of Valparaiso. 



Jussisea (No. 11); five petals. Aquatic; and rather frequent. 



? (No. 12). Pratia-like ; the leaves spatulate, narrow, obtuse; five unequal calyx- 

 teeth; petals not seen. Submaritime; growing " fourteen miles South of Valparaiso," 

 Brackenridge. 



Oenothera acaulis, Cav. (No. 13). Leaves laciniate; flowers rose, having a long tube; 



capsule 4-alate. "Hills North of Valparaiso," Brackenridge. 

 mollissima ? (No. 14). Two feet high ; softly-pubescent ; the leaves linear, and 



mostly radical. Environs of Santiago. 



tenella, Cav. ? (No. 15). Annual. From Valparaiso to the base of the Andes. 



(No. 16). Leaves broad, dentate. On exposed portions of the river-bed (at 



Villa la Mar, six miles) North of Valparaiso. 

 Godetia (No. 5). Flowers purple, large. Six miles North of Valparaiso; rare. 

 Epilobium (No. 20) ; near E. denticulatum of Ruiz & Pavon ; but the leaves broad. 



Environs of Valparaiso, and elsewhere. 

 Fuchsia rosea, Ruiz & Pav. (No. 3); F. lycioides of Sims. A shrub ; the flowers making 



their appearance before the leaves, and quite small when growing in barren soil. 



Environs of Valparaiso ; rather frequent. 

 macrostemma, Ruiz& Pav. (No. 4). In the mountain-ravines back of Valparaiso; 



somewhat rare. 



Melilotus parviflora, Desf. ? (compare California, and North Patagonia). Humble. Envi- 

 rons of Valparaiso ; probably introduced. 



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