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Lobelia polyphylla, Hook. (No. 52). A thick-stemtned shrub, four to eight feet high ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate ; long scarlet flowers. Frequent on the heights or mountain- 

 slope back of Valparaiso. 



(No. 53). A shrub ; the leaves broader and more distinctly dentate ; the flowers 



shorter, purple. Environs of Valparaiso. 



Wahlenbergia linarioides, Lam. (No. 4). From Valparaiso to the base of the Andes. 



Gen. Anagallid. (alternifolia, No. 2) ; Anagallis of Cav. A congener of No. 1 Terra 

 del Fuego ; the flowers larger and whitish. Frequent in wet ground around springs, 

 in the environs of Valparaiso and elsewhere. 



Samolus Valerandi ? (compare No. 1 United States, Brazil, and North Patagonia). Sub- 

 maritime, growing in " salt-marshes," Brackenridge. 



(Lucuma Valparadisica, No. 1) ; Chrysophyllum-like. In the deep mountain-ravine facing 

 the sea, three miles South of Valparaiso. 



(Oxypetalum Hookeri ? No. 1); Cynanchum birostratum of Hook.?. A vine ; smooth; 

 the leaves ovate, subsessile ; the flowers yellow. On the heights or mountain-slope back 

 of Valparaiso. 



( confertiflorum ? No. 2). A herbaceous vine ; the leaves sagittate; the follicle 



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

 Eccremocarpus scaber, (No. 1). An ornamental vine. On the basal portion of the Andes. 

 Aldea (No. 2; compare No. 1 Western Oregon, Interior Oregon, and North California). 



From Valparaiso to the Middle mountain-region of the Andes, and beyond. 

 Dichondra (compare No. I New Zealand); sericeous. Frequent on the ridges of the 



mountain-slope back of Valparaiso. 

 (No. 3). The leaves green. Frequent on the ridges of the mountain-slope back 



of Valparaiso. 



Cuscuta Chilensis, Ker. (No. 6). Frequent in the environs of Valparaiso. 



Gen. Nolanac. (No. 1). Leaves thickened and succulent, ovate, entire, petioled ; calyx 



large, five-cleft; carpels numei'ous ; the corolla not seen. Maritime; growing on the 



sands of the sea-shore at Lagunillas ; rare. 

 Nov. Gen. Nolan. (No. 1). Stems procumbent ; leaves crowded, succulent, cylindrical, 



pointed ; flowers yellow. Maritime ; growing on rocks along the sea-coast. 

 Oestrum parqui, (No. 4). A many-stemmed shrub, two to six feet high. Abounding at 



the outlet of valleys near the level of the sea. 

 Nicotiana acuminata, (No. 5); see Botan. Magazine. Growing in the vicinity of Coracovi, 



and elsewhere. 



Physalis Peruviana? (No. 7). Pubescent; the leaves entirish ; corolla yellow, with a 

 spot at base. Valley Northeast of Valparaiso, C. P. 



Solarium (No. 54); resembling S. nigrum, but the flowers large. Frequent in the en- 

 virons of Valparaiso, and elsewhere. 



Convolvulus althajoides, (bis Australia, and No. 11 Malta and Italy). Growing in the out- 

 skirts of Valparaiso ; evidently introduced. 



Solanum nigrum? (compare Hawaiian to the Feejee Islands, the Thebaid, and No. 28 

 California). Environs of Valparaiso. 



tuberosum, (bis Singapore, Hindostnn, Zanzibar, New Zealand, United States, 



and No. 5(3 Peru). Potatoes for sale in the market. 



