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Gen. Labiat. (No. 1). Leaves reniform, the under surface white. Environs of Valparaiso. 

 Zapania (compare No. 1 California, and North Patagonia). Leaves sparsely serrate. Rare. 

 Verbena (No. 12); like V. ofEcinalis. Leaves three-parted. Environs of Valparaiso. 



(No. 13); leaves divided, small. Environs of Valparaiso. 



(No. 14). Upright; leaves coarsely dentate; spikes slender. 



(No. 15) ; long bracts. On exsiccated portions of the river-bed of the Maipu, 



at Santiago. 



Pceppigia cyanocarpa, (No. 1) ; Citharexylon of TI. A shrub, four to eight feet high, 

 ornamental from the blue color of its berries. On the summit of the mountain-ridge 

 that commences twelve miles South of Valparaiso. 



, perhaps only the young state of the preceding; the leaves dentate. Growing in 



a ravine on the same mountain-ridge. 



Ruellia dulcis, Cav. ? (No. 12). Nearly stemless ; the flowers of medium size, blue. On 

 the barren upland back of Valparaiso ; corresponding to and taking the place of the 

 violets of the Northern Hemisphere. 



Boerhaavia (No. 12) ; an inconspicuous species. From Valparaiso to the Middle moun- 

 tain-region of the Andes. 



Plantago (No. 30) ; leaves ovate, tenderly herbaceous. Frequent in wet places in the 

 environs of Valparaiso. 



• (No. 31 ) ; agreeing in habit with the preceding, but pubescent or hairy. 



hispidula, Ruiz. & Pav. (No. 32). Annual; tall; the leaves filiform; the spike 



many-flowered. 



(No. 83). Low; the leaves filiform ; the scapes few-flowered ; capsule large. 



(Roubieva) multifida, (No. 1) ; Chenopodium of Linn. Seemingly indigenous. 

 Chenopodium (No. 10). Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 

 (No. 11). Found by Mr. Brackenridge. 



Salsola (compare No. 1 Malta and our Atlantic States, and No. 3 Interior Oregon) ; like 



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

 (Helxine) tamnifolia, (No. 10). Not climbing, but the numerous stems forming tangled 



masses that have the outline of the surrounding many-stemmed shrubs. Frequent 



from Valparaiso to the Andes. 

 Polygonum maritinmm ? (compare No. 6 Egypt, Western Oregon, North California, and 



our Atlantic coast). Maritime ; growing on the sands of the sea-shore. 



(No. 30) ; habit of the preceding species. Growing in the vicinity of Santiago. 



(compare Taheiti, Hawaiian Islands, No. 4 New Zealand and Australia, and No. 



16 Sacramento I'iver in California) ; like P. mite. Subaquatic ; growing in the river- 

 bed of the jMaipu above Santiago, and clearly indigenous. 

 Rumex (No. 19 j ; often many-crowned. On exsiccated sandy portions of the river-bed at 



Villa la Mar, North of Valparaiso. 



; leaves small. From Valparaiso to Santiago ; seemingly indigenous. 



Stachys; compare S. Germanica. Woolly. On the road to Santiago; probably intro- 

 duced. 



Plantago major ? (compare New Zealand, Western Oregon, our Atlantic States, and No. 

 14 Austria); but very tall, and the leaves upright. On exposed portions of the river- 

 bed of the Maipu, at Santiago. 



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