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CHILI. 
[Iridece. 
that it grows throughout the province of Conception, and that the wood is brought to Valparaiso, and much 
used, on account of its cheapness, for in-door work, as the following plant, the “ Roble” Fagus obliqua, is 
for standing the weather. 
Ord. LXII. AMENTACE^. Juss. 
1. FAGUS. Tourn. 
1. F. obliqua ; foliis ovato-oblongis obliquis subrhomboideis obtusis duplicato-serratis 
basi integris in petiolum attenuatis pilosiusculis, perianthiis masculis solitariis hemis- 
phaericis sinuatis 30-40-andris, cupulis capsuliformibus muricatis quadripartitis, segmen- 
tis ovatis obtusis, ovariis inclusis triquetris, angulis alatis. Mirbel, in Me7n. du Mus. v. 14. 
p. 465. t. 23. 
Had. Conception. 
Cl. II. MONOCOTYLEDONE^. 
Ord. LXIII. ORCHIDE^E. Juss. 
1. CHLORAIA. Lindl. 
Pollinia 2 pulverea bipartita, cauliculis glandulisque nullis. Anthera terminalis oper- 
cularis bilocularis, loculis completis septulo incompleto bipartitis. Stigma transversum 
ovatum in apice columnae. Columna semiteres membranaceo-marginata. Labellum anti- 
cum cucullatum basi cordatum, cum columna levissime connatum, cristatum^ lobo medio 
ssepissime carnoso. subaequalia ringentia membranacea venosa; supremo galeato, 
interioribus sub galea conniventibus, exterioribus labello suppositis, apice anamorphose 
repressa, carnosis dilatatis. — Herbae Amer. austi'. temp, terrestres, radicibus fasciculatis. 
Folia plana, verticalia, venosa. Scapi multijloi'i, termmales, squamosi. Flores subherbacei. 
Lindl. 
1. C. multiflora i foliis oblongis scapo longe brevioribus, sepalis inferioribus lanceolatis 
patentibus apice carnosis dilatatis bine membranaceis, labello oblongo membranaceo un- 
guiculato, crista rara gland ulosa, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio elongate obtuso 
crispo. Lindl. in Brandds New Journ. of Science, 1827, p. 43. 
Hab. Conception. — Mr. Lindley has described nine species of this genus, of which we possess 
several from Mr. Cruckshanks, Mr. Bridges, and Mr. Macrae. The “ Gairlu” Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 18, is 
C. Gairlu, or Cymbidium luteum, Willd. The Epipactis, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 19, or Cymb. virescens. 
Wind., is Chi. virescens. The Epipactis, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 17, is Spiranthes diuretica. The other 
orchideous plant of Feuill. t. 20, Mr. Lindley has not referred to. 
Ord. LXIV. IRIDEiE. Juss. 
1. SISYRRHYNCHIUM. Linn. 
1. S. graminifolium ; scapo tereti, foliis lineari-ensiformibus scabriusculis scapo sub- 
aequalibus, spathis exterioribus subfoliaceis interioribus obtusis marginatis, intimis mem- 
