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CHILI. 



[Plumbaginece. 



laciniis lineari-lanceolatis subdentatis, spicis axillaribus solitariis laxis, bracteis calycem 

 aequantibus patulis. Spr. — Wittd. En. — Hook. Bot. Misc. v. hp, 68. — Sandia Laguen. 

 Feuill. CM v. 3. t. 25. 



Hab. Conception, Valparaiso, and Coquimbo. — There are several varieties of this polymorphous species 

 in the collection. For a fuller account of them, see the Botanical Miscellany above quoted. 



2. V. salvicpfolia ; ramis junioribus tomentosis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis sessilibus subser- 

 ratis supra scabris rugosis subtus pubescentibus reticulatis, pedunculis lateralibus elon- 

 gatis, floribus verticillato-spicatis, calyce hispidissimo, corolla 4-fida. 



Caulis erectus, lignosus, atate glaber, nitidus. Rami juniores dense tomentosi. Folia numerosa, oppo- 

 sita, li unciam longa, subcoriacea, rugosa, supra atro-viridia, subtus pallidiora, punctis micantibus fragranti- 

 bus adspersa. Flores in spicam densam verticillatim dispositi. 



Hab. Coquimbo. — Very nearly allied to V. gratissima of Gillies and Hooker in the Botanical Miscellany, 

 differing-, however, in its much stouter mode of growth, its larger, more wrinkled, and more scabrous foliage, 

 and, especially, in the much more crowded spike. 



Ord. LII. PRIMULACEiE. Juss. 

 1. ANAGALLIS. Linn. 

 1. A. ccerulea. Schreb.—Engl. Bot. t. 1823. 

 Hab. Conception. 



Subcl. IV. MONOCHLAMYDE^. DC. 



Ord. LIII. PLUMBAGINECE. Juss. 



1. PLUMBAGO. Linn. 



1. P. ccerulea; caulibus herbaceis, procumbentibus aut volubilibus, sulcatis, ramulis 

 spicisque viscoso-glandulosis : foliis sessilibus, amplexicalibus, ovato-oblongis, integerrimis, 

 glabris ; corollis caeruleis. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 2. p. 220. 



Hab. Coquimbo. 



2. ARMERIA. Tourn. 



1. A. curvifolia ; foliis filiformibus flexuosis glabris, scapo elato terete glabro, involucri 

 foliolis exterioribus acuminatis interioribus rotundatis. — Bertero, in Bull, des Sc. 1830. 

 p. 108. (absque char.) 



Hab. Conception. — We think there can be little doubt that this is the A. curvifolia of Bertero in the 

 work above quoted, though, unfortunately, as of the other Chilian plants there mentioned, no specific charac- 

 ters are given. The leaves are five or six inches long, and filiform: the scape one and a half to two feet 

 high. Bertero speaks of it as very common upon stony hills, and as being allied to A. fasciculata. We 

 possess, however, other specimens from Conception, gathered by Mr. Cruckshanks and Mr. Macrae, which 

 have much shorter, broader, and obtuse leaves, and which we can scarcely distinguish from the British A. 

 maritima. 



