Solanace<B.] 



CHILI. 



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Ord. XL. ASCLEPIADE/E. Juss. 

 1. CYNANCHUM. Linn. 

 1. C. birostratum ; volubilis, foliis anguste cordato-sagittatis lobis oblongis obtusis sub- 

 coriaceis glabris, umbellis multifloris, pedicellis calycibusque pubescentibus, corollas 

 tubo urceolato laciniis lanceolatis extus pubescentibus, coronas staminese simplicis laciniis 

 5 bifidis, stigmate longe rostrato profunde bifido. 



Hab. Conception. (It has been sent us from Valparaiso also, by Mr. Cruckshanks and Mr. Bridges.) — 

 This is a long- twining' plant, with leaves not very unlike those of C. acutum, but generally much narrower, 

 and with considerably larger flowers. The simple staminal crown has its segments membranous, white, 

 and bifid : Anthers terminated by a membrane. The stigma gradually tapers upward into a long- filiform 

 bifid beak, as long as the corolla, resembling a bifid style. 



Ord. XLI. CONVOLVULACEiE. Juss. 

 1. CONVOLVULUS. Tourn. 

 1. C. ? filifolius ; fruticosus ramosissimus diffusus, foliis angustissime linearibus tereti- 

 bus, floribus axillaribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis, corolla campanulata. 



Hab. Coquimbo. — We regret that for want of perfect materials we can give but an unsatisfactory account 

 of this interesting plant. Our best specimens are from Mr. Cruckshanks, and judging- by the flower (for 

 they have no fruit) they appear to belong to the present genus. But the plant is quite shrubby and woody, 

 much branched, and somewhat clammy. The leaves are about half an inch long, and, from their shrivelled 

 appearance, probably fleshy when fresh. Peduncle a little longer than the leaves. Calyx .5-fid (not 5-partite), 

 with linear teeth on the segments : Corolla plicate, widely campanulate, blue, about an inch broad. 



2. CALYSTEGIA. Br. 



1. C. reniformis; foliis reniformibus subrepandis crassiusculis, pedunculis teretiusculis, 

 bracteis cordatis longitudine calycis, caule prostrate — Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 484.. 



Hab. Conception. — Probably, as Mr. Brown suggests, too nearly allied to C. Soldanella, Br. The 

 Soldanella, &c, Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 44, we might have taken for a diminutive representation of this plant, 

 had it not already been referred to the genus Tula, and supposed to belong to the Rubiacea. 



3. CUSCUTA. Linn. 



1. C. chilensis ; pentandra digyna, floribus 5-fidis, calyce ter breviore corolla segmentis 

 oblatis rotundatis, corolla intus infra medium fimbriato-squamata, laciniis ovatis tubo ter 

 brevioribus recurvis, antheris sessilibus, stylo altero breviore, stigmatibus pileato-capi- 

 tatis. — Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 603. 



Hab. Conception. — First found by Mr. Menzics at Valparaiso ; since, also, by Dr. Gillies, on the Chilian 

 Andes. 



Ord. XLII. SOLANACE^. Juss. 

 1. FABIANA. Ruiz Sf Pav. 

 1. F. lanuginosa ; ramulis tomento albo lanuginosis, foliis fasciculatis linearibus obtu- 

 sissimis carnosis patentibus, calyce lanoso. 



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