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CHILI. 
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Hab. Conception. — This belongs to the Uraspermum of Nuttall, or Osmorliiza, Raf. We are not 
aware of any species of the genus having been hitherto observed in Chili. 
Ord. XXXII. RUBIACE^. Juss. 
1. RUBIA. Linn. 
I. >R. Relhun; tota scabra, caule procumbente tetragono, foliis 4-nis obovato-ellipticis 
mucronatis nervo marginibusque pilosis, pedunculis axillaribus 1-floris solitariis, floribus 
bracteis quatuor involucratis. — Schlecht. et. Cham, in Lmncea, v. 3. p. 229. — R. chilensis. 
Willd. Sp. V. 1. p. 604. (excl. syn. Molin.) — “ Relbun.” Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 45. 
Hab. Conception. — The berries are globose, of a red colour. Schlechtendal and Chamisso, after an 
examination of Willdenow’s plant, consider it the same as theirs ; but they pronounce R. chilensis of Molina 
to be distinct, having rounded stems. After all, however, the difference may exist only in Molina’s incorrect 
description, as he must surely have been acquainted with the Relhun, which is found in different parts of 
Chili, as well as Brazil. 
2. GALIUM. Linn. 
1. G. cotinoides ; caule dilFuso ramoso retrorsum scabro, foliis 4-nis lanceolatis acutis 
margine nervoque retrorsum scabris, cymis paucifloris terminalibus, fructibus minutim 
tuberculatis. — Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnoea, v. \. p. 227. 
Hab. Conception. — A species closely allied to G. palustre, Witheringii, and uliginosum, having the same 
habit, but differing by the above characters. 
2. G. Tarmense ; caule prostrate glabro tereti 4-sulcato ramoso, foliis 4-nis lineari- 
oblongis mucronatis glabris nitentibus margine revoluto internodio triple breviori- 
bus, pedunculo communi axillari foliis longioribus, floribus cymosis. — Spr. Syst. Veget. 
V. 1. p. 387 ? — G. mucronatum. Ruiz et Pav. FI. Per. v. 1. p. 60? — G. apiculatum. 
Rcem. et Sch. ? 
Hab. Conception. — The description given in the Flora Peruviana is too incomplete to permit us to say 
with certainty that our species is identical; and the other synonyms, again, depend on it. Nor are the 
specimens in the collection in a perfect state ; their flowers are not even developed, and we are quite ignorant 
of the appearance of the fruit. * 
3. G. Aparine. Linn. 
Hab. Conception. Probably introduced. 
Ord. XXXIII. VALERIANEAE. De Cand. 
1. VALERIANA. Toum. 
1. V. crispa; foliis carnosis superioribus pinnatifido-laciniatis segmentis crispis acutis- 
sime dentatis, panicula fructifera subcoarctata, acheniis subcordato-ovatis plano-con- 
vexis late marginatis antice linea media longitudinali elevata dorso tricostatis, pappo 
plumoso basi membrana unito . — Ruiz et Pav. FI. Per. t?. 1. />. 41 ? 
Hab. Conception. — We have no means of ascertaining if this be the species of the Flora Peruviana, no 
figure being there given of it. Schlechtendal and Chamisso, in the Linnsea, say that their specimens were 
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