Fmnariacece.] CHILI. 5 



nisi ad summitatem caulis, graciles, patenti-pilosi, basi membranaceo-vaginati, dilatati. Pedunculi axillares, 

 solitarii, petioli longitudine, uniflori. Flos mediocris. Sepala patentia, elliptica, concava, extus pilis 

 appressis hirsutissima. Petala 8-10, calyce longiora, flava, anguste elliptica, concava, lineata, breve ungui- 

 culata. Stamina plurima. Capitulum fructus globosum. Carpella sub-20, orbiculari-compressa, lspvia, 

 marginata, stylo mediocri paululum recurvato terminata. 



Hab. Conception. — The specimen here figured has the leaves nearly similar in form from the base to 

 the extremity of the stem, and thus the peduncles which accompany them appear solitary and single-flowered. 

 But in others which we possess, gathered by Mr. Cruckshanks in the same country, the upper leaves gradually 

 become smaller, different in shape, narrower and tripartite, with the segments acuminated and entire, 

 whence the upper part of the stem resembles a bracteated panicle. 



Tab. III. Fig. 1, Inner side of a sepal ; fig. 2, Exterior view of do. ; fig. 3, Petal ; fig. 4, Carpel ; — mag- 

 nified. 



Sect. Echinella. — §. Foliis dissectis lobatisve. DC. 

 3. R. muricatus; foliis glabris petiolatis suborbiculatis 3-lobis grosse dentatis, caule 

 erectiusculo aut diffuso, pedunculis oppositifoliis, calyce patente, carpellis utrinque tubercu- 

 loso-aculeatis in comu acuminatum rectum desinentibus. DC. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 780. 

 Latn. III. t. 498. De Cand. Syst. Veget. v. I. p. 298. Prodr. v. 1. p. 42. — Ranunculus 

 palustris echinata. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 18. (fig. mala.) 



Hab. Conception. — Our Chilian specimens have the petioles dilated, which constitutes the character of 

 De Candolle's var. t. brasilianus : but the same circumstance occurs in the North American individuals. 

 Mr. Douglas finds the species at Juan Fernandez : but as all the stations both in the southern states of 

 North America and in South America are near towns or cultivated places, may it not have been imported 

 from Europe ? In Carolina, Elliott says, it is probably of exotic origin. 



Ord. II. BERBERIDEiE. Vent. 

 1. BERBERIS. L. 



1. B. glomerata ; spinis tripartitis, foliis rigidissimis cuneatis grosse 3-5-dentato-spino- 

 sis, floribus plurimis (8-10) in racemos vix folio longiores glomeratis. 



Frutex valde ramosa; ramis brevibus, tuberculosis. Folia fasciculata, parva, 6-8 lineas longa, coriacea, 

 rigidissima, cuneata, basi attenuata, venosa, cartilagineo-marginata, grosse 3-5-dentato-spinosa. Jtacemi 

 axillares, vix foliis longiores, pendentes, bracteati; bracteis subulato-lanceolatis, membranaceis, pedicello 

 longioribus. Flores flavi, parvi. Sepala minuta, decidua. Petala siccitate fusco-lineata. 



Hab. Coquimbo. — This appears to be entirely an undescribed species, most nearly allied perhaps to 

 the B. ruscifolia of Lam. III. t. 253, a native of Buenos Ayres : but that is a much larger plant, with 

 fewer flowers on the racemes, and differently shaped leaves. 



Ord. III. FUMARIACE/E. DC. 



1. FUMAIUA. Tourn. Be Cand. 

 1. F. capreolata. Linn. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 130. Ejusd. Ic. Rar. t. 34. 

 Var. y. pedunculis erectis. 



Hab. Var. y. Valparaiso. — In this variety the fruit is apiculated, as in F. parviflora ; but the sepals 

 are characteristic of the species. 



