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collected iu fruit, but they have omitted to give a description. If ours prove distinct, it may bear the name 
of V. pterocarpa. 
2. V. hyalinorhiza ; herbacea pubescens, foliis radicalibus subrotundo-spathulatis cre- 
natis caulinis lyrato-pinnatifidis, panicula fructifera anguste elongata, acheniis oblongo- 
ovatis bine longitudinaliter sulcatis dorso tricostatis pilis longis patentibns tectis pappo 
plumoso coronatis . — Ruiz et Pav. FI. Per. v. 1. p. 41. t. 67. f. b. (status junior.) 
Hab. Conception. — This appears to be only known to previous authors in a young state, its fruit being 
always described as crowned with minute teeth, which, eventually, as in the other species, change into a 
feathery pappus. The V. hyalinorhiza, Humb. and Kunth, v. 3. p. 331, “ acheniis glabris, foliis glabrius- 
culis,” is surely different fl'om the Chilian plant. 
2. FEDIA. Gcert. 
1. F. laxa; herbacea glabra, foliis radicalibus cordato-ovatis obtuse dentatis caulinis 
lyrato-pinnatifidis lobo terininali maximo, panicula laxa divaricata, pedicellis ultimis 
brevibus congestis, acheniis ovatis hinc excavatis dorso tricostatis annulo crenulato co- 
ronatis. 
Hab. Conception. — This approaches most in habit to Valeriana paniculata of the Flora Peruviana, but 
that is pubescent, and has a pappose fruit. The acheniura of our plant has, in addition to the three strong- 
dorsal ribs, a lateral one on each side, though not so elevated as the others. 
Ord. XXXIV. COMPOSITE. Juss. 
SUBORD. I. ClCHORACE^. JuSS. 
]. SONCHUS. Linn. 
1. S. oleraceus. Linn. 
Hab. Conception. 
2. HYPOCHiERIS. Linii. 
1. H. apargioides ; foliis radicalibus lanceolatis basi attenuatis sinuato-dentatis nunc 
l^innatifidis hirsutulis, scapis elongatis ramosis, bracteis linearibus subintegerrimis, ramis 
unifloris, involucro densissime ferrugineo-tomentoso, pappo sessili. 
Hab. Conception. — Plant from one and a half to two feet high. Leaves from four to six inches long. 
SuBORD. II. LABIATIFLORiE. DC. 
3. PROUSTIA. Lag. DC. 
1. P. ilicifolia ; foliis ovalibus rigidis coriaceis nitidis reticulatini venosis marginibus 
dentato-spinosis, panicula terininali, involucri foliolis externis minutis ovatis subcoriaceis 
interioribus sensim majoribus niembranaceis, pappo scabro apicem versus subplumoso. 
Hab. Coquimbo. — Undoubtedly a congener of P. pyrifolia, which we have received from Chamisso, 
gathered at Conception ; and from Dr. Gillies, from the neighbourhood of Concon, who states it to be the 
“ Voqui,” or “ Boqui,” of Chili. This must not, however, be confounded with the Boigue of Chili, which, 
Mr. Cruckshanks informs us, is the Drymis chilensis, (Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 6.) 
4. LEUC^RIA. Lag. DC. 
1. L. ? senecioides ; caule erecto ramoso, foliis pinnatifidis laciniis inciso-angulatis sub- 
