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CHILI. 



[ Composites. 



collected in fruit, but they have omitted to give a description. If ours prove distinct, it may bear the name 

 of V. pterocarpa. 



2. K. hyalinorhiza; herbacea pubescens, foliis radicalibus subrotundo-spathulatis cre- 

 natis caulinis lyrato-pinnatifidis, panicula fructifera anguste elongata, acheniis oblongo- 

 ovatis hinc longitudinaliter sulcatis dorso tricostatis pilis longis patentibus tectis pappo 

 plumoso coronatis. — Ruiz et Pav. FL Per. v. 1. p. 41. t. 67. f. b. (status junior.) 



Hab. Conception. — This appears to be only known to previous authors in a young' state, its fruit being 

 always described as crowned with minute teeth, which, eventually, as in the other species, change into a 

 feathery pappus. The V. hyalinorhiza, Humb. and Kunth, v. 3. p. 331, " acheniis glabris, foliis glabrius- 

 culis," is surely different from the Chilian plant. 



2. FEDIA. Gcert. 



1. F. laxa; herbacea glabra, foliis radicalibus cordato-ovatis obtuse dentatis caulinis 

 lyrato-pinnatifidis lobo terminali maximo, panicula laxa divaricata, pedicellis ultimis 

 brevibus congestis, acheniis ovatis hinc excavatis dorso tricostatis annulo crenulato co- 

 ronatis. 



Hab. Conception. — This approaches most in habit to Valeriana paniculata of the Flora Peruviana, but 

 that is pubescent, and has a pappose fruit. The achenium of our plant has, in addition to the three strong- 

 dorsal ribs, a lateral one on each side, though not so elevated as the others. 



Ord. XXXIV. COMPOSITE. Juss. 



SUBORD. I. ClCHORACEiE. JuSS. 

 ]. SONCHUS. Linn. 



1. S. oleraceus. Linn. 

 Hab. Conception. 



2. HYPOCHjERIS. Linn. 



1. H. apargioides ; foliis radicalibus lanceolatis basi attenuatis sinuato-dentatis nunc 

 pinnatifidis hirsutulis, scapis elongatis ramosis, bracteis linearibus subintegerrimis, ramis 

 unifloris, involucro densissime ferrugineo-tomentoso, pappo sessili. 



Hab. Conception. — Plant from one and a half to two feet high. Leaves from four to six inches long. 



SUBORD. II. LiAB I ATI FLO RiE. DC. 



3. PROUSTIA. Lag. DC. 



1. P. ilicifolia; foliis ovalibus rigidis coriaceis nitidis reticulatim venosis marginibus 

 dentato-spinosis, panicula terminali, involucri foliolis externis minutis ovatis subcoriaceis 

 interioribus sensim majoribus membranaceis, pappo scabro apicem versus subplumoso. 



Hab. Coquimbo. — Undoubtedly a congener of P. pyrifolia, which we have received from Chamisso, 

 gathered at Conception ; and from Dr. Gillies, from the neighbourhood of Concon, who states it to be the 

 " Voqui" or " Boqui," of Chili. This must not, however, be confounded with the Boigue of Chili, which, 

 Mr. Cruckshanks informs us, is the Drymis chilensis, (Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. G.) 



4. LEUCiERIA. Lag. DC. 



1. L. ? senecioides ; caule erecto ramoso, foliis pinnatifidis laciniis inciso-angulatis sub- 



