in favourable seasons produce a few seeds, with which the 
stock may be perpetuated; or it may be increased by 
dividing the roots. 
The accompanying figure, which represents a portion 
of the upper part of the stem, with one of the racemes 
was taken in August 1828, in the Garden of the Horticul- 
tural Society, where it had been raised from seeds received 
from Chile in 1827. 
Our native specimens are from Valparaiso: they 
accord perfectly with the plants of the Gardens, except 
in being rather woody at the base. Baron Humboldt 
found it near Quito. 
J. L, 
