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CHILI. 



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Hab. Conception. — This belongs to the Uraspermum of Nuttall, or Osmorhiza, Raf. We are not 

 aware of any species of the genus having been hitherto observed in Chili. 



Ord. XXXII. RUBIACE/E. Juss. 



I. RUBIA. Linn. 



1. R. Relbun; tota scabra, caule procumbente tetragono, foliis 4-nis obovato-ellipticis 

 mucronatis nervo marginibusque pilosis, pedunculis axillaribus 1-floris solitariis, floribus 

 bracteis quatuor involucratis. — Schlecht. et. Chain, in Linncea, v. 3. p. 229.— R. chilensis. 

 Willd. Sp. v. I. p. 604. (excl. syn. Molin.)—" Relbun." Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 45. 



Hab. Conception. — The berries are globose, of a red colour. Schlechtendal and Chamisso, after an 

 examination of Willdenow's plant, consider it the same as theirs ; but they pronounce R. chilensis of Molina 

 to be distinct, having rounded stems. After all, however, the difference may exist only in Molina's incorrect 

 description, as he must surely have been acquainted with the Relbun, which is found in different parts of 

 Chili, as well as Brazil. 



2. GALIUM. Linn. 



1. G. cotinoides ; caule diffuso ramoso retrorsum scabro, foliis 4-nis lanceolatis acutis 

 margine nervoque retrorsum scabris, cymis paucifloris terminalibus, fructibus minutim 

 tuberculatis. — Schlecht. et Cham, in Linncea, v. I. p. 227. 



Hab. Conception. — A species closely allied to G. palustre, Witlieringii, and uliginosum, having the same 

 habit, but differing by the above characters. 



2. G. Tarmense ; caule prostrato glabro tereti 4-sulcato ramoso, foliis 4-nis lineari- 

 oblongis mucronatis glabris nitentibus margine revoluto internodio triplo breviori- 

 bus, pedunculo comniuni axillari foliis longioribus, floribus cymosis. — Spr. Syst. Veget. 

 v. 1. p. 387 ? — G. mucronatum. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 1. p. 60? — G. apiculatum. 

 Ream, et Sch. ? 



Hab. Conception. — The description given in the Flora Peruviana is too incomplete to permit us to say 

 with certainty that our species is identical; and the other synonyms, again, depend on it. Nor are the 

 specimens in the collection in a perfect state ; their flowers are not even developed, and we are quite ignorant 

 of the appearance of the fruit. 



3. G. Aparine, Linn. 



Hab. Conception. Probably introduced. 



Ord. XXXIII. VALERIANEiE. De Cand. 

 1. VALERIANA. Tourn. 

 1. V. crispa ; foliis carnosis superioribus pinnatifido-laciniatis segmentis crispis acutis- 

 sime dentatis, panicula fructifera subcoarctata, aclieniis subcordato-ovatis plano-con- 

 vexis late marginatis antice linea media longitudinali elevata dorso tricostatis, pappo 

 plumoso basi membrana unito. — Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 1. p. 41 ? 



Hab. Conception. — We have no means of ascertaining if this be the species of the Flora Peruviana, no 

 figure being there given of it. Schlechtendal and Chamisso, in the Linnaea, say that their specimens were 



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