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but is the Chascolytmm erectum of Roem., and Schul. Even the two other synonyms, reduced by these 
authors to C. brizoides, cannot belong to itj for the Briza mucronata, Lam. (founded on the Uniola mucron- 
ata, Burm.) is an East Indian, not a South American plant; and Bromiis brizoides, Lam., has an erect panicle 
and glabrous glumes; it has, however, a lanceolate calyx, and seems to be a true Calotheca. Calotheca 
elegans, Beauv., not noticed by other authors, is Chascolytmm subaristatum, Desv. 
5. ALOPECURUS. Linn. 
1. A. pratensis. Linn. 
Had. Conception. 
, 6. MELICA. Linn. 
1. M. violacea; panicula subspicata secunda, corollis violaceis ciliatis, calycis valvula ex- 
terioi’e argentea apice denticvdata. Rcem. et Schul. — Cav. Ic. v. 5. p. 47. t. 472. f. 2. Roem. 
et Schul. V. 2. p. 527. 
Hab. Valparaiso. 
7. POA. Linn. 
1. P. annua. Linn. 
Hab. Conception. 
8. HORDEUM. Linn. 
1. H. murinum. Linn. 
Hab. Conception. 
9. CHUSQUEA. Kunth. 
1. C. scandens. Kunth, Syn. PI. jEq. 1. p. 254. — Arundo Quila. Mol. — Poir. Enc. 6. 
p. 274. 
Hab. Valparaiso, (sent also by Mi’. Bridges.) — This we have the authority of Mr. Cruckshanks for 
stating to be the plant of Molina: there is, however, only one flower in each spikelet, instead of three, as he 
and Poiret assert it to have; nor can we discover any essential difference between it and the Peruvian plant 
of Kunth ; but this last we only know from his description. Our plant has the flowers monoecious or poly- 
gamous. The style is bipartite: the hypogynous scales with two acuminated points. 
Cl. II. ACOTYLEDONES. 
Ord. lxxi. equisetacea:. 
1. EQUISETUM. Linn. 
1. E.pratense; fronde erecta ramosa scaberrima, ramis tetragonis spiciferis, vaginarum 
dentibus scai’iosis subulhtis, spicis abbreviatis. Spr. — Ehrh. Beitr. 3. p. 77. Willd. Sp. PI. 
V. 5. p. 6. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4./). 10. 
Hab. Conception. — As far as can be judged from the descriptions of E. pratense of Ehrh., our plant 
is the same species. The specimens are from 4-5 inches to a span long, much branched at the base. We 
have the same species from Valparaiso, gathered by Mr. Mathews. It seems to differ from the E. palustre 
only in its rougher stems. 
Ord. LXXII. FILICES. 
1. NOTOCHLiENA. Br. 
1. N. rufa; frondibus linearibus pinnatis, pinnis subsessilibus alternis ovatis obtusis 
