ChenopodecB.] 



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Ord. LIV. PLANTAGINE^E. Juss. 

 1. PLANTAGO. Linn. 



1. P. media. Linn. 



Hab. Conception. — This appears to accord with some of the states of P. tomentosa (Lam.) mentioned by 

 Chamisso and Schlechtendal, which they describe as having' three seeds in each capsule; and of P. truncata, 

 of the same authors, which, however, has a clavate and truncated spike. 



2. P. mollis; subcaulescens, foliis lineari-lanceolatis cinereo-sericeis, scapis folio vix 

 longioribus pubescenti-hirsutis, spicis laxiusculis cylindricis, capsula biloculari disperma. 



Hab. Conception. — Allied to P. hirsuta of Ruiz and Pavon, from Peru, (P. limensis, Pers.); but that 

 has broader leaves and much shorter spikes. We have also received this from Mr. Bridges, from the moun- 

 tains about Valparaiso. 



3. P. hispidula; acaulis, foliis linearibus sericeo-hirsutis, scapo foliis duplo longiore 

 hirsuto-pubescente, spica oblonga hirsuta, capsula polysperma. — Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. 

 v. 1. 1. 78. — P. tumida. Link, En. Hort. Ber. v. 1. p. 121 ? Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, 

 v. 1. p. 168? 



Hab. Valparaiso. — Mr. Bridges has likewise sent us this species. 



Ord. LV. POLYGONE^. Juss. 

 1. POLYGONUM. Linn. 



1. P. maritimum. Linn. 

 Hab. Conception. 



2. P. tamnifolium; caule fruticoso volubili, foliis ovatis acutis cordatis glabris, pani- 

 culis axillaribus geminis, floribus polygamis octandris, achenio triangulari. — Humb. et 

 Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 2. p. 180. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 3. p. 40. 



Hab. Valparaiso. — This also we have received from Mr. Bridges, gathered in the same locality. Spren- 

 gel refers to it the Coccoloba australis of Forster, and certainly that, as well as the present species, is a con- 

 gener with P. adpressum of La Billardiere. We have received likewise from Valparaiso, from Mr. Macrae, 

 a third species of this genus, but which we cannot distinguish from P. Persicaria, found also in Chili by 

 Chamisso, and which is Persicaria, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 4'J. 



2. RUMEX. Linn. 



1. R. cuneifolius; foliis infimis obovatis margine crispatis, verticillis superioribus aphyl- 

 lis, sepalis internis demum ovato-lanceolatis acutis integris, omnibus granulatis. Camb. 

 Rum. p. 95. — Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 3. p. 58. 



Hab. Cultivated fields near Conception. — The only specimen in the collection is in a very imperfect 

 state, but from it, and the notes of Mr. Collie, who appears to have found it in fruit, we have determined it 

 to be that variety of R. cuneifolius which was previously found near the same place by Chamisso. 



Ord. LVI. CHENOPODE.E. Vent. 

 1. SALICORNIA. Linn. 



1. S. radicans? Linn. 



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