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DRIMYS CHILENS1S. 
of Magellan, and the latter in the northern parts of South 
America. 
This shrub appears to be common in the marshes of 
Chili, whence Mr. Dombey procured specimens.* It was 
separated and made into a new species by De Candolle from 
the specimens examined by him in the Museum of Paris. 
Similar specimens were sent to this country by Dr. Styles 
of Valparaiso, in 1 836, some of which were deposited by me in 
the Herbarium of the Acadamy of Natural Sciences of Phi- 
ladelphia. The leaves correspond to the description given 
by De Candolle ; they are three or four inches long, and 
one wide. The flowers are axillary or terminal, from three 
to five together, in umbellated panicles which are an inch 
and a half or two inches long. The calyx in three distinct 
ovate sepals : the corolla somewhat stellate in form and 
constituted of at least twelve oblong ovate unequally sized 
petals. The germs are five in number, around which the 
shorter stamina are inserted on the receptacle. 
The difference between this and the D. winteri consists 
in the character of the leaves, the calyx, and the number 
and form of the petals. The flowers, instead of being sim- 
ple, are clustered. 
The bark of this plant has the same aromatic and tonic 
virtues as the Winter's Bark, and is used for similar pur- 
poses. 
Merat and De Lens state that the specimen of D. winteri 
which is in their possession came from Chili, and was sent 
by Dr. Bertero. Was it not the present plant ? As no de- 
scription was given, this question, can only be answered con- 
jecturally. D. magnolias/olia, the bark of which is called 
Canelo in Chili, is the same species. 
The plate represents the Drimys Chilensis in flower. 
The fruit and inflorescence are those of the D. granatensis. 
