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Eupatorium salvia, Dec. (No. 17); E. reticulatum of Plooker. A shrub. Frequent on 



the heights or mountain-slope back of Valparaiso. 

 ■ glechonophyllum, Dec. ? (No. 18). Herbaceous. Growing in mountain-ravines 



back of Valparaiso. 



(Nothites baccharidea? No. 1) ; gen. Conyzoid ?. Having the habit of Solidago; leaves 

 broad, dentate ; panicle upright ; flowers white ; no floret-rays. Frequent in the envi- 

 rons of Valparaiso. 



Tripoliuiu conspicuuui, Dec? (No. 10); but very inconspicuous. Much resembling T. 

 subulatum, but devoid of floret-rays. On exsiccated portions of the river-bed of the 

 Maipu, at Santiago. — Congeneric with a plant brought from Surinam. 



Noticastrum adscendens, Dec. (No. 1). Flowers or floret-rays varying in color from dark 

 purple to white. Frequent from Valparaiso to the Andes. 



Gen. Asterid ? (No. 1). Old, and past flowering ; no leaves. Environs of Santiago. 



(Ca3notus) spiculosus, (No. 9) ; Erigeron of Hooker, compare also E. hirtelluni of Dec. 

 jMuch like 0. Canadensis. Frequent in the environs of Valparaiso. 



Solidago linearifolia, Dec. ? (No. 24) ; the leaves in some instances serrate. From Val- 

 paraiso to the Middle mountain-region of the Andes. 



Ui'achyris ? (No. 2) ; compare Guttiereza linearifolia of Lag. The flowers terminal. En- 

 virons of " Valparaiso," Brackenridge. 



Aplopappus foliosus, Dec. (No. 1). The flower sessile, viscous, large. Along the coast 

 North of Valparaiso, and at " Villa la Mar," Brackenridge. 



(No. 2). The leaves oblanceolate, dentate. Environs of Valparaiso. 



inuloides, Hook. (No. 3). The leaves narrow, acute ; flowers pale-yellow, the 



calyx-scales acute. Environs of Valparaiso. 



(No. 4). The stem bearing reticulate, obovate, dentate leaves ; and two or three 



flowers. Environs of Valparaiso. 



■ (No. 5). The flowers peduncled, large ; the calyx-scales very numerous. On 



the road to Santiago. 



Conyza diversifolia, Dec. ? (No. 6). The leaves dentate. On exsiccated portions of the 



river-bed of the Maipu, at Santiago. 



linearis, Dec. ? (No. 7). The leaves filiform. Environs of Santiago. 



Baccharis concava, Ruiz. & Pa v. (No. 14). The flowers clustered. Frequent in the envi. 



rons of Valparaiso. 



• ? Pingraea, Doc. (No. 15). Willow-leaved, and having corymbose terminal flow- 

 ers. On the exsiccated sandy portions of river-beds, at Valparaiso, Coracovi, and else- 

 where. 



? ehilquilla Dec. ? (No. 16). Having the habit of the preceding, but the leaves 



with coarser dentures, and incano-tomentose beneath. On exsiccated portions of the 

 river-bed of the Maipu, at Santiago. 



rosmarinifolia. Hook. (No. 17). Frequent in the environs of Valparaiso. 



Tagetes glandulifera, Dec. (No. 1). The leaves pinnate, ciliate. In waste ground in the 

 outskirts of Santiago. 



Madia sativa, (compare California). Frequent in the environs of Valparaiso and Santiago, 

 and in other localities ; seemingly indigenous. 



possibly a second species ; the flowers smaller. 



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