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Sisjvincliium iridifolium, (No. 11). The leaves like those of Iris versicolor; the flowers 



yellow. In the environs of Valparaiso, and elsewhere. 



(No. 12) ; narrow-leaved. Mountain-ravines back of Valparaiso. No specimens. 



(No. 13); grass-leaved. Submaritime ; growing on the sands of the sea-shore at 



Villa la Mar. 



? (No. 14). Small; grass-leaved; the bracts very broad. In mountain-ravines 



back of Valparaiso, C. P. 



Amaryllis-like (No. 1). Nine inches high; the capsule very short. Vicinity of "Val- 

 paraiso," Brackenridge. 



Conanthera (No. 1). The flower spotted, as in Moraea; capsule half-inferior. Eight 

 miles South of Valparaiso, Rich. 



Alstroemeria (No. 2) ; " like A. tricolor." Vicinity of " Valparaiso," Brackenridge. 



Dioscorea (No. 13) ; fruit small, shining. Environs of Valparaiso. 



(No. 14) ; fruit larger, and eniarginate at the apex. 



Bromelia ? (No. 14) ; compare the puya of Molina. Decumbent, dichotomously branch- 

 ing from a central root ; flowei'-stems twelve feet high. Frequent and conspicuous on 

 the mountain-slope back of Valparaiso, a single plant sometimes covering an area fifty 

 feet in diameter. 



(No. 15); "a second species. Green. On the rocks of the sea-coast," Brack- 

 enridge. 



(No. 16). Pulverulent; white; leaves having their marginal prickles turned 



towards the apex. Substituted for or replacing the coast species, on the Cuesta de Prao 

 mountain-ridge, and beyond. 



(No. 17). The flower-stem not projecting above the leaves. Forming beds on 



rocky cliffs facing the sea. Figured by Mr. Agate. 



(Cocos Chilensis, Molin. ? No. 2). A palm, thirty feet high, with the trunk four feet in 

 diameter; fronds pinnate, fifteen feet long; the fruit said to "resemble a cocoa-nut in 

 miniature." Seen only in the valley Northeast of Valparaiso, where about twenty 

 scattered stocks were growing. Described as yielding a saccharine substance, resem- 

 bling "honey, which is sold together with the nuts in the market." 



Triglochin (compare No. 2 California, Western Oregon, and our Atlantic coast, and No. 4 

 Patagonia). Maritime ; growing in wet places back of the sea-beach at Villa la Mar. 



Carex (No. 84) ; like C. pseudocyperus. Cespitose ; the leaves very long. In wet places 

 beyond Casa Blanca. 



? (No. 85). The leaves very long; a terminal spike. In a "ravine" of the 



mountain-ridge that commences twelve miles South of Valparaiso, Eich. 



Ficus carica, (bis Hindostan, the iMediterranean Countries, Brazil, and our Southern 



States). Figs of excellent quality abundant and cheap ; but the dried fruit inferior. 

 Salix. A species planted for ornament. 



Populus dilatata. Ait. (bis United States) ; the Lonibardy poplai-. Planted for ornament 

 around Santiago; and in much more flourishing condition than in the climate of the 

 United States. 



Musa paradisica, (bis Polynesian Groups to the East Indies, Zanzibar, Egypt, and Brazil) ; 



the banana. Planted in the vicinity of Valparaiso, but not seen bearing fruit. 

 Zea mays, (bis Mindanao, Zanzibar, New Zealand, Australia, United States, and No. 1 



