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CHILI. 



[Iridece. 



that it grows throughout the province of Conception, and that the wood is brought to Valparaiso, and much 

 used, on account of its cheapness, for in-door work, as the following- plant, the " Roble" Fagus obliqua, is 

 for standing the weather. 



Ord. LXII. AMENTACEZE. Juss. 

 I. FAGUS. Tourn. 



1. F. obliqua ; foliis ovato-oblongis obliquis subrhomboideis obtusis duplicato-serratis 

 basi integris in petiolum attenuatis pilosiusculis, perianthiis masculis solitariis hemis- 

 phaericis sinuatis 30-40-andris, cupulis capsuliformibus muricatis quadripartitis, segmen- 

 tis ovatis obtusis, ovariis inclusis triquetris, angulis alatis. Mirbel, in Mem. du Mus. v. 14. 

 p. 465. t. 23. 



Hab. Conception. 



Cl. II. MONOCOTYLEDONE^E. 



Ord. LXIII. ORCHIDEiE. Juss. 

 1. CHLORjEA. Lindl. 



Pollinia 2 pulverea bipartita, cauliculis glandulisque nullis. Anthera terminalis oper- 

 cularis bilocularis, loculis completis septulo incompleto bipartitis. Stigma transversum 

 ovatum in apice columnar. Columna semiteres membranaceo-marginata. Labellum anti- 

 cum cucullatum basi cordatuni, cum columna levissime connatum, cristatum, lobo medio 

 saspissime carnoso. Sepala subasqualia ringentia membranacea venosa; supremo galeato, 

 interioribus sub galea conniventibus, exterioribus labello suppositis, apice anamorphose 

 repressa, cai'nosis dilatatis. — Herba? Amer. austr. temp, terrestres, radicibus fasciculatis. 

 Folia plana, verticalia, venosa. Scapi multiflori, terminales, squamosi. Flores subherbacei. 

 Lindl. 



1. C. midtiflora; foliis oblongis scapo longe brevioribus, sepalis inferioribus lanceolatis 

 patentibus apice carnosis dilatatis hinc membranaceis, labello oblongo membranaceo un- 

 guiculato, crista rara glandulosa, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio elongato obtuso 

 crispo. Lindl. in Brande's New Journ. of Ocience, 1 827, p. 43. 



Hab. Conception. — Mr. Lindley has described nine species of this genus, of which we possess 

 several from Mr. Cruckshanks, Mr. Bridges, and Mr. Macrae. The " Gairlu" Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 18, is 

 C. Gairlu, or Cymbidium luteum, Willd. The Epipactis, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 19, or Cymb. virescens, 

 Willd., is CM. virescens. The Epipactis, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 17, is Spiranthes diuretica. The other 

 orchideous plant of Feuill. t. 20, Mr. Lindley has not referred to. 



Ord. LXIV. IRIDEiE. Juss. 

 1. SISYRRHYNCHIUM. Linn. 

 1. S. graminifolium ; scapo tereti, foliis lineari-ensiformibus scabriusculis scapo sub- 

 aequalibus, spathis exterioribus subfoliaceis interioribus obtusis marginatis, intimis mem- 



