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DISTRIBUTION OP PLANTS. 



(No. 5-5). Somewhat ornamental ; four to eight feet high ; leaves linear-lanceolate; 



flowers blue. Abundant in the vicinity of Coracovi. 



Lycium (No. 7). Spiny ; the leaves small. Barren hills in the environs of Santiago ; rare. 



; perhaps distinct. Pubescent, and devoid of spines. On the "rocks of the sea- 

 coast," Brackenridge. 



Calceolaria integrifolia, (No. 1). A shrub, two to four feet high. Frequent on the 



heights or mountain-slope hack of Valparaiso. 

 (No. 2 ) ; leaves long, the surface much reticulated. On the " road to Santiago," 



Brackenridge. 



(No. 3 ) ; the flowers large. Vicinity of " Coracovi," Brackenridge. 



■ (No. 4) ; pubescent. Environs of Valparaiso. 



■ (No. 5); herbaceous. JMountain-ravines back of Valparaiso. 



(No. 6); herbaceous; all the leaves pinnatisect. In deep mountain-ravines, back 



of Valparaiso, and also twelve miles South. 

 (No. 7) ; perhaps not distinct from No. G. The leaves Ilydrophyllum-like, pin- 



natilobed. 



Alonsoa incisifolia, Ruiz. & Pav. ? (No. 1). Frequent at the outlet of valleys near the 

 level of the sea. 



Miniulus parviflorus, Lindl. ? (No. 13); the flowers small, yellow. Frequent in wet places 

 near springs, in the environs of Valparaiso, and elsewhere. 



rivalis ? (No. 14) ; the flowers large, yellow, with a purple spot on the lip of the 



corolla. On exsiccated portions of the river-bed of the Maipu, at Santiago; rare. 



Limosella tenuifolia ? (compare No. 1 United States, and North Patagonia); leaves linear. 

 Abounding in wet places near springs, in the environs of Valparaiso. 



Buddleia (No. 3) ; capit. globose. Towards the Middle mountain-region of the Andes. 



Gen. Bhinanthac. (No. 1). Habit of Salvia ; a foot high ; flowers large, blue. In wet 

 places, from Valparaiso to the Andes. 



Gen. Melampyrum-like (No. 1). Vicinity of " Coracovi," Brackenridge. 



Gardoquia Gilliesii, Benth. (No. 1). A shrub, two to five feet high; flowers bluish-pur- 

 ple, but turning red in drying. Frequent on the ridges of the mountain-slope back of 

 Valparaiso. 



Stachys (No. 6) ; normal. On the heights or mountain-slope back of Valparaiso, clearly 

 indigenous. 



? (No. 7) ; or compare Sphacele. Softly pubescent ; the calyx-teeth pointed. 



Environs of Valparaiso. 

 Sphacele Lindleyi, Benth. (No. 1). A large shrub, four to nine feet high. Frequent on 



the ridges of the mountain-slope back of Valparaiso. 

 campanulata ? (No. 2). Environs of A^alparaiso ?. 



Teucrium bicolor, Smith ; (No. 4) ; see Bentham, 6G8. A many-stemmed shrub, three to 

 six feet high. Frequent on the ridges of the mountain-slope back of Valparaiso. 



Datura (compare Peru); perhaps distinct from D. stramonium; the spines of the capsule 

 few and large. Seemingly indigenous on the sands of the sea-shore, (but perhaps 

 brought from the Northward by aboriginal settlers). 



Mentha (compare M. viridis); whorls of flowers crowded towards the summit of the stem. 

 From Valparaiso to Santiago; seemingly indigenous. 



