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CHILI. 



[ Composite. 



15. ERIGERON. Linn. 



1. E. spiculosum ; caule herbaceo anguloso pilis albidis hispidulo, foliis lineari-oblongis 

 acutis margine (prsecipue) cartilagineo- spinulosis, panicula multiflora, pedunculis pilis 

 albis appressis, involucro subpiloso. 



Hab. Valparaiso. — Mr. Bridges has likewise transmitted this plant, whose nearest affinity appears to be 

 with E. linifolium, Willd. 



1C. SENECIO. Linn. 



1. S. bipinnatifidus ; frutescens glanduloso-pilosus viscidus, ramis angulatis, foliis semi- 

 amplexicaulibus bipinnatifidis, laciniis linearibus obtusis basi subauriculatis, corymbo 

 paucifloro, involucro tomentoso, radio patente. 



Hab. Coquimbo. 



2. S. glabratus ; frutescens glaber, ramis (ultimis) striatis, foliis semiamplexicaulibus 

 bipinnatifidis, laciniis linearibus obtusis, corymbo paucifloro, involucro glaberrimo, radio 

 patente. 



Hab. Conception. — This may be perhaps a denuded state of the last, but it is perfectly glabrous in all 

 its parts : we have only seen one, and that an indifferent specimen. 



3. S. arnicoides ; caule herbaceo, foliis radicalibus lanceolatis angulato-dentatis obscure 

 trinerviis subpubescentibus longe petiolatis, scapo foliis linearibus dentatis bracteiformi- 

 bus, triplo longiore, corymbo subtrifloro, radio patente. 



Hab. Conception. — Nearly allied to »S'. pauciflorus, Kunth. 



4. S. nigrescens ; caule herbaceo adscendente ramoso, foliis ovalibus amplexicaulibus 

 inciso-lobatis glabris, panicula subcorymbosa, involucro glabro basi paucibracteato, 

 radio patente, acheniis striatis pubescentibus. — " Nillgue." Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 44. 



Hab. Conception. — Although we cannot find this described in any systematic work, we cannot question 

 for a moment that it is the plant of Feuillee, of which he says that it is much used for intermittent fevers. 



17. GALINSOGEA. Ruiz Sf Pav. 



1. G. parviflora ; herbacea ramosa, foliis petiolatis ovatis triplinerviis serratis pubes- 

 centibus, pedunculis axillaribus paucifloris, radio 5-floro abbreviate Spr. — Willd. Sp. PL 

 v. 3. p. 2228. 



Hab. Coquimbo. 



2. G. ? resinosa ; caule fruticoso angulato ramoso, ramulis foliisque angustissime line- 

 aribus resinoso-glandulosis, floribus paniculato-corymbosis, involucro imbricato inoequali 

 viscoso, receptaculo nudo. 



Hab. Coquimbo. — We possess it also from the Vina de la Mar, near Valparaiso, sent by Mr. Bridges, who 

 says that it is by no means a general plant. We refer it, with some hesitation, to Galinsogea, as the recep- 

 tacle is not paleaceous. From Hymenopappus it differs by the presence of a ray, and by its unequal 

 involucrum. 



18. HELIANTHUS. Linn. 

 1. H. ghitinosus ; glutinosus, caule herbaceo erecto ramoso angulato, foliis alternis 

 brevissime petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis penninerviis reticulatis inferioribus repando-dentatis 



