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CHILI. 



[Euphorbiacece. 



Hab. Conception. — The specimen in the collection is so indifferent as to prevent us from determining 

 it with precision. It may possihly be S. peruviana, Humb. and Kunth. 



Ord. LVII. PROTEACE/E. Juss. 



1. LOMATIA. Br. 



1. L. obliqua ; foliis ovatis serratis glabris, racemis axillaribus, pedicellis calycibusque 

 pilosis, stigmate deciduo. Br. in Linn. Trans, v. 10. p. 201. — Embothrium obliquum. 

 Ruiz et Pav. FL Per. v. I. p. 83. t. 97. 



Hab. Conception. — Another, and a very interesting- plant of this order, the Quadria heterophylla, Ruiz 

 and Pav. Fl. Per. v. ]. p. 64. t. 99. f. b, or the " Nebu" of Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 33, occurs at Conception, 

 but does not appear to have been collected. The nut is much esteemed, and is sold commonly in the market 

 of Conception under the name of " Avellano," or chestnut. By the liberality of Mr. Cruckshanks, it has 

 been introduced to the Glasgow Botanic Garden. 



Ord. LVIII. SANTALACE^E. Br. 

 1. QUINCHAMALIUM. Juss. 

 1. Q. chilense. Lam. III. t, 142. — Q. procumbens. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 1. t. 107. 

 b. — Quinchamali, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 44. 

 x. robustior ; foliis linearibus. 

 /3. gracilis ; foliis filiformibus. 



Hab. a. Conception. /3. Valparaiso. — We have given no specific character, the other species mentioned 

 by Sprengel, or the Arjonia tuberosa, Cav. Ic. v. 4. t. 383, from Patagonia, being hitherto involved in great 

 uncertainty, and probably belonging to the Thymelece. 



Ord. LIX. EUPHORBIACE^. Juss. 

 1. EUPHORBIA. Linn. 



1. E. rotundifolia ; suffruticosa diffusa, foliis oppositis rotundatis emarginatis basi leviter 

 cordatis integerrimis carnosulis glabris subtus pallidis, stipulis intrapetiolaribus, floribus 

 paucis terminalibus umbellatis. 



Hab. Conception. — This belongs to the section " Anisophyllu?n" of Roeper in the Botanicon Gallicum, 

 but our specimens not, being in fruit, prevent our giving a more perfect character. To E. serpyllifolia, 

 Pers., and E. serpens, Humb. and Kunth, (one and the same species,) our plant is very closely allied ; the 

 flowers, however, are not axillary and solitary, but collected, five or six together, on rather short, simple 

 peduncles at the extremity of the branches. 



2. E. Lathyris. Linn. — Roeper, En. Euph. p. 67. 



Hab. (£. minor.) Conception. — We can find no essential difference between the, imperfect, specimen in 

 the collection and the European plant, except the much smaller size, being only about fifteen inches high, 

 aud that the leaves, instead of being flaccid, are inclined to be coriaceous. 



3. E. falcata ? Linn. — Roeper, En. Euph. p. 67. 

 Hab. Coquimbo. 



