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Ord. XL. ASCLEPIADE.®. Juss. 
1. CYNANCHUM. Linn. 
1. C. birostratum; volubilis, foliis anguste cordato-sagittatis lobis oblongis obtusis sub- 
coriaceis glabris, umbellis multifloris, pedicellis calycibusque pubescentibus, corollae 
tubo urceolato laciniis lanceolatis extus pubescentibus, coronae staminese simplicis laciniis 
5 bifidis, stigmate longe rostrato profunde bifido. 
Hab. Conception. (It has been sent us from Valparaiso also, by Mr. Cruckshanks and Mr. Bridges.) — 
This is a long twining plant, with leaves not very unlike those of C. acutum, but generally much narrower, 
and with considerably larger flowers. The simple staminal crown has its segments membranous, white, 
and bifid : Anthers terminated by a membrane. The stigma gradually tapers upward into a long filiform 
bifid beak, as long as the corolla, resembling a bifid style. 
Ord. XLI. CONVOLVULACEAE. Juss. 
1. CONVOLVULUS. Tourn. 
1. C. ? Jilifolius ; fruticosus ramosissimus difFusus, foliis angustissime linearibus tereti- 
bus, floribus axillaribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis, corolla campanulata. 
Hab. Coquimbo. — We regret that for want of perfect materials we can give but an unsatisfactory account 
of this interesting plant. Our best specimens are from Mi-. Cruckshanks, and judging by the flower (for 
they have no fruit) they appear to belong to the present genus. But the plant is quite shrubby and woody, 
much branched, and somewhat clammy. The leaves are about half an inch long, and, fi-om their shrivelled 
appearance, probably fleshy when fresh. Peduncle a little longer than the leaves. Calyx 5-fid (not 5-partite), 
with linear teeth on the segments : Corolla plicate, widely campanulate, blue, about an inch broad. 
’ 2. CALYSTEGIA. Br. 
1. C. reniformis ; foliis reniformibus subrepandis crassiusculis, pedunculis teretiusculis, 
bracteis cordatis longitudine calycis, caule prostrate. — Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 484. 
Hab. Conception. — Probably, as Mr. Brown suggests, too nearly allied to C. SoManelld, Br. The 
Soldanella, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 44, we might have taken for a diminutive representation of this plant, 
had it not already been referred to the genus Tula, and supposed to belong to the Rubiacete. 
3. CUSCUTA. Linn. 
1. C.chilensis; pentandra digyna, floribus 5-fidis, calyce ter breviore corolla segmentis 
oblatis rotundatis, corolla intus infra medium flmbriato-squamata, laciniis ovatis tubo ter 
brevioribus recurvis, antheris sessilibus, stylo altero breviore, stigmatibus pileato-capi- 
tatis . — Ker in Bot. Beg. t. 603. 
Hab. Conception. — First found by Mr. Menzies at Valparaiso ; since, also, by Dr. Gillies, on the Chilian 
Andes. 
Ord. XLII. SOLANACE^. Juss. 
1. FABIANA. Ruiz §- Rav. 
1. P. lanuginosa ; ramulis tomento albo lanuginosis, foliis fasciculatis linearibus obtu- 
sissimis carnosis patentibus, calyce lanoso. 
