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poisonous ; it usuaily grows in the vicinity of the 

 sea, is called the bollen^ and is one of the most beau- 

 tiful trees of Chili. The physicians, however, in 

 critical cases, direct the buds to be taken in powder 

 not exceeding half a scruple, as a powerful emetic. 

 The sap of this tree is a yellow inclining to green, 

 but is not lacteous. Its fiowers and fructification I 

 shall not pretend to describe, never having seen it 

 in a flowering state. 



The may ten (may tenu s boaria, gen. no v.) is a 

 beautiful tree, and always retains its foliage. It grows 

 in the same places with the lithi, and is an anti- 

 dote to its poison. It is rarely more than thirty feet 

 high ; its branches, which are numerous, and com- 

 mence at the height of eight feet from the root, form 

 a very beautiful top ; the leaves are denticulated and 

 pointed, about two inches in length, and of a briU 

 liant green; the fiowers are monopetalous, bell- 

 shaped, and of a purple hue, but so small as not to 

 be distinguishable at a little distance. These fiow- 

 ers entirely cover the young shoots, and are suc- 

 ceeded by a small round capsule containing a single 

 black seed. The wood is very hard, and of an orange 

 colour spotted with red and green. The cattle are 

 very fond of the leaves and will forsake any herbage 

 for them ; and were it not for the hedges and ditches 

 with which the inhabitants surround the young trees, 

 the species would probably before this time have 

 been destroyed. 



The temo (temus moscata, gen. nov.) is a tree of 

 very thick foliage. The leaves are alternate, oval, 

 smooth, and of a bright green. There are two va- 



