OIIILI. [Ayoaynex.
latís denticulatis coriaceis margine revolutis glandulis piliferis sparsis, racemis axillaribus
pubescentibus squamulosis, calyce glabro, corolla extus glabra intus pilosa.
H .vb. Conceptioii.-Appai-eiiÜy a large shrub, and possibly tbe A . phyUireeBfolia of Persoon, but the
characters of that species are very vague, and its flowers appear to be axillary and not racemed.
SuBCL. I I I . C O R O L L IF L O R ® .
O r d . X X X V I I . O L E IN E ® . Hoffinunsegg et Link.
■ ]. OLE A. Tom-n.
1. 0 . europcea, Lin n .
Hab. Conception. Probably a cultivated plant.
O r d . X X X V I I I . G E N T IA N E ® . Juss.
1. EXACUIVI. Limt.
I. L . filifo rme? Sxn.— Gentiana filiformis. Lin n .
H ab. Conception.—T wo smaU specimens of this, scarcely more than an inch high, each with a single
small, terminal and pedunculated flower, will not enable us to s.itisfy ourselves whether the species be distinct
or not from the Europ®an E . Jiliforme. It is probably the E . chilense of Bertero in Bull, des Sc.
Nat. 1830, p. I l l , but of which no description is given.—Belonging to the Gentianea is the “ Cachen-La-
guen ” of Chili, the Chironia chilensis, Willd. ( Cachen, Feuill. Chil. v. 2. t. 35), but which is a true Erythraa.
The calyx, corolla, and stamens, in our specimens from Mr. Menzies, and from Gouan’s herbarium, follow' the
quinaiy arrangement. Tbe nearest to it, as Kunth remarks, is his E . quitensis, only differing by the parts
being in foure; but we do not consider that a distinct species. Though it be much used medicinally in Peru,
Humboldt never saw it wild th ere; but it was cultivated in the plains of Chillo, the inhabitants of which may
have originaUy brought it with them from Chili, where it is undoubtedly a native. The circumstance of only
four stamens, instead of five, being observed in the Peruvian snecimens., is5 not, wwpe conceive, scnufflfiiAciieonnftlliyr
constant for a specific definition: we cannot, therefore, agree with Sprengel, who has, on that account, placed
it in Exacum, without attending to other more important characters. The Peruvian name, too, is a corruption
of the Chilian one, which ought to be written as above, the word “ Laguen" meaning merely a
p lan t; while the particular name of the present one, in the Indian language, is “ Cachen."
O r d . X X X IX . A P O C Y N E ® . Juss.
1. ECHITES. Jacq.
1. E . pubescens ¡ caule volubili ferrugineo-pubescente, foliis molliter pubescentibus
ovaattiiss acuminulatis breviter petiolatis, pedunculis axillaribus subsolitariis dense bracteatis,
staminibus inclusis.
Caules longissimi, volubiles, ramosi. Folia bi-ad quadriuncialia, ovata, basi subcordata, apice acuminulata,
supra intense viridia subtus pallida. Flores ex axillLs foliorum supremorum, subsolitarii. Pedunculi florem
®quantes, bracteis parvis imbricatis ovatis pubescentibus tecti. Calyx profunde 5-partitus; laciniis lanceo-
latís, erectis, pubescentibus. Corolla tubo calycis longitudine, limbo quinquefido, lobis ovatis. Stamina
inclusa.^ Anthera Hneares, in tubum sessiles, basi biaristat®. Germen ovato-globosum, didymum. Stylus
filiformis.
H ab. Conception.
CHILI. 35
O r d . X L . A S C L E P IA D E ® . Juss.
1. CYNANCHUM. Linn.
1. C. birostratum; volubilis, foliis anguste cordato-sagittatis lobis oblongis obtusis subcoriaceis
glabris, umbellis multifloris, pedicellis calycibusque pubescentibus, coroll®
tubo urceolato laciniis lanceolatis extus pubescentibus, co ro n « stam in e« siraplicis laciniis
5 bifidis, stigmate longe rostrato profunde bifido.
H ab. Conception. ( I t has been sent us from Valparaiso also, by Mr. Cruckshanks and Mr. Bridges.)—
This is a long twining plant, ivith leaves not very unlike those of C. acutum, but generally much narrower,
and with considerably larger flowers. The simple staminal crown has its segments membranous, white,
and bifid: Anthers terminated by a membrane. The stigma gradually tapers upward into a long filiform
bifid beak, as long as tho corolla, resembling a bifid style.
O r d . X L I. C O N V O L V U L A C E® . Juss.
1. CONVOLVULUS. Toum.
1. C. ? filifo liu s ; fruticosus ramosissimus diffusus, foliis angustissime linearibus teretibus,
floribus axillaribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis, corolla campanulata.
H ab. Coquimbo.—We regret that for want of perfect materials we can give but an unsatisfactory account
of this interesting plant. Our best specimens ai-e from Mr. Cruckshanks, and judging by the flower (for
they have no fruit) they appear to belong to the present genus. But the plant is quite shrubby and woody,
much branched, and somewhat clammy. The leaves are about half an inch long, and, from their shrivelled
appearance, probably fleshy when fresh. Peduncle a little longer than the leaves. Calyx 5-fid (not 5-partite),
with linear teeth on the segments : CoroUa plicate, widely campanulate, blue, about an inch broad.
2. CALYSTEGIA. Br.
1. C. reniforniis ; foliis reniformibus subrepandis crassiusculis, pedunculis teretiusculis,
bracteis cordatis longitudine calycis, caule prostrato.—B r . Prodr. v. 1. p . 484.
H ab. Conception.—Probably, as Jlr. Bromi suggests, too nearly allied to C. Soldanella, Br. The
Soldanella, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 44, we might h.ive taken for a diminutive representation of this plant,
had it not already been referred to the genus Tula, and supposed to belong to the Rubiacece.
3. CUSCUTA. Liutt.
1. C. chilensis; pentandra digyna, floribus 5-fldis, calvce te r breviore corolla segmentis
oblatis rotundatis, corolla intus infra medium fimbriato-squviinata, laciniis ovatis tubo ter
brevioribus recurvis, antheris sessilibus, stylo altero breviore, stigmatibus pileato-capi-
tatis.— Ker in Bot. Beg. t. 603.
H ab. Conception.—Ffrst found by Mr. Menzies at I ’.'dp.'iraiso ; since, also, by Dr. Gillies, on the Chilian
Andes.
O r d . X L I I . S O L A N A C E ® . J u ss.
1. FABIANA. Ruiz P a r.
1. F. lanuginosa; ramulis tomento albo lanuginosis, folüs tasciculatis linearibus obtusissimis
carnosis patentibus, calyce lanoso.