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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



• sagittalis, Dec. (No. 18). A finer species than No. 8 Brazil ; five feet higli, the 



stem trialate. Hills beyond Villa la Mar, North of Valparaiso. 



(No. 19) ; leaves short, linear ; the flowers scattered. Environs of Valparaiso. 



(No. 20) ; leaves linear, obtuse ; flowers clustered, the pappus very long. On 



the Cuesta de Prao mountain-ridge between Coracovi and Santiago. 

 (No. 21). One to two feet high ; leaves succulent, cuneate; the flowers solitary. 



Maritime; growing on the sands of the sea-shore. 



(No. 22); branches furfuraceous ; the flowers solitary. Environs of Valparaiso. 



Gnaphalium (No. 41 ; compare Micropsis). Dwarf. On the road to Santiago. 



(No. 42) ; habit of Micropus. Incano-tomentose. Vicinity of " Santiago," 



Brack en ridge. 



(No. 43). The leaves undulate, crisped. Submaritime. 



(No. 44). The leaves decurrent. In the environs of Santiago, and elsewhere. 



(No. 45); large lanceolate leaves; four inches. Environs of Valparaiso. 



(No. 46) ; intermediate. On the road to Santiago. 



(No. 47 ). The leaves green. 



(No. 48). Lanate and white, very downy. Maritime ; growing on the sands of 



the sea-shore. 



? (No. 49) ; leaves lanceolate-linear, crisped ; the flowers very small. Growing 



in wet places. 



Senecio (No. 2.5). Five feet high, and much-branched ; the leaves pinnatifid. On ex- 

 siccated sandy portions of river-beds, North of Valparaiso, and elsewhere. 



(No. 20); large, lanceolate, Eumcx-like leaves; and large yellow flowers. On 



exsiccated portions of the river-bed of the 31aipu, at Santiago. 



? (No. 27) ; leaves succulent, obtuse, ti'ifid at the apex. Maritime ; growing on 



rocks along the sea-coast. 



? (No. 28) ; leaves viscous, succulent, broad, dentate. Maritime ; growing on 



rocks along the sea-coast. 



? (No. 29). Environs of Santiago. 



(Bahia ambrosioides? No. 4). Hynieuopappus-like ; habit of Parthenium hysterophorum ; 



leaves multitid; the pappus-rays scale-like. Environs of Valparaiso. 

 Cephalophora glauca, (No. 1) ; but all the leaves entire. The radical leaves lanceolate, 



obtuse. From Valparaiso to the Andes. 

 Galinsoga parviflora? (No. 1). On exsiccated portions of the river-bed at Lagunillas, 



South of Valparaiso. 



Floureusia tliurifera, (N(J. 1); Helianthus of Hooker. A shrub, four to six feet high ; 



having large yellow flowers. Frecjuent in the environs of Valparaiso. 

 Euxenia mitiqui, (No. 1). A shrub, four to five feet high. Frequent in the environs 



of Valparaiso. 



Bidens leucantha ? (No. 13 ; compare Polynesian Islands and California). The flowers 



white. Environs of Valparaiso. 

 Xanthium spinosura, (bis North Patagonia and our Atlantic States). Extremely abundant 



in the outskirts of Valparaiso; growing as a weed, and clearly introduced. No specimens. 

 Olea Europcea, (bis Mediterranean Countries and Hindostan) ; the olive. Successfully 



cultivated ; trees bearing fruit seen at Santiago. 



