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Cattles erecti, fruticosi, valde ramosi ; ramulis filifonnlbus, flexuosis, lana alba laxa ubique obsitis, foliosis
Folia fasaciilata, pateuüa, liueam sesqiiiliiieam loi.ga, liuearia, teretia, obtiislssima, carnosa, siiblanosa
Flores axillares, sohtani. Pedunculus axillaris, vix foliorum longitudine. Calyx tiibiüosus, nuinquefidus,
, f ^ liueaiibus obtusis Ín®qualibus. Corolla infimdibuliformis,
glaber, limbo 5-hdo, segmentis oblongo-ovatis, reflexis. Stylus corolla brevior. Stígtna oblongo-capítatum.
a u j . Coquimbo.—The young shoots of this plant are clothed ivitli a lax but abundant wool, and its
tasciculated, terete, and fleshy leaves have much the appearance of some species of Portulaca. The fruit
we do not possess. The llowers ai-e truly tliose of a Fabiana, of n-hich genus only two species had yet been
described, P. tmbncata of Ruiz aud Pavon, aud P. thymifolia, St. Hil. Pi. Rem. du Bresil, which latter,
indeed, is most nearly aUied to the present, differing, however, in the absence of the woolly covering to its
b a c h e s , and m the scattered leaves. A fourth species has, however, beeu discovered in Chili by Mr. Cruck-
s h ^ k s , and, we believe, also by Dr. GilHes, which may be thus named aud c h a i-a c te ris e d F . viscosa;
pubescenti-viscosa, foliis sparsis anguste Unearibus patentibus obtusis dorso cau-aliculatis, pedunciüis ter-
minalibus fnictifens erectis.—H.ui. Near Barasca in Chili, where it is called “ Pichanilla." Mr. Cruck-
shatdts.-Thts also resembles tlie P. thymifolia of St. Hilaire, but that has the peduncles mostly axiUary,
and, when m fruit, reflexed, and the corolla has tbe tube much broader at the base. P. viscosa has been
culüvated a t the Edinburgh and Glasgow Botanic Gardens, from seeds introduced by Mr. Cruckshanks. We
possess the fruit, which is an oblong capsule, in part surrounded by the persistent calyx, 2-valved, the valves
with their margins introflexed, so as to form 2 cells, and bifld at the extremity. Receptacle of the seeds
central, becommg free from the dissepiments, and split through the middle, entire at the summit.
2. OESTRUM. L im .
1. C. P a rq u i; foliis lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis subundulatis sparsis, pedunculis
terminalibus corymbosis.—i ’¿ferii. S t v. 1. t 36.—Pa rq u i. Feuill. Chil v. 3. t 32.
R ab. Valparaiso.
3. BRUGMANSIA. Pers.
Pers. Syn. v. 1. p . 206.—D a tu ra arborea. Willd.— Feuill. a d l . v. 2.
1. B .
h. T\J.
R ab. Conception; where it is much cultivated.
4. NICANDRA. Adans.
1. N . physcUodes. Gm-tn.— Feuill. Chil. ». 2. t. 16.
H ab. Coquimbo.
5. SOLANUM. Linn.
3. S. chenopodoides ; inerme, caule subherbaceo, foliis ovato-oblongis repando-sinuatis
subhirsutis junioribus tomentosis.—Xawz. Illustr. n. 2340. Roem. et Sch. v. 4. p . 591.
Feu ill Chil V. 2. t. 14.
Hab. Valparaiso and Conception.—Dr. Gillies finds it on the other side of the Andes, near Mendoza.
2. S . pinnatum ; inerme, caule herbáceo sulcato, foliis impari-pinnatisectis segmentis
decurrentibus, floribus corymbosis terminalibus.— Cav. Ic. v. 5. p . 23. t. 439. f . 1.
Hab. Coquimbo.
3. S. crispum; inerme fruticosum, foliis ovatis subcordatisque undulato-crispis sub-
acuminatis integerrimis, floribus corymbosis terminalibus, calycibus 5-dentatis, staminibus
« q ualibus.— et Pav. F l Per. v. 2. p . 31. t 158. f . a.
Hab. Co n cep tio a.-la our specimens tho coroUa is slightly puberulous, which is not noticed in Ruiz
and Pavon.
5. NOLANA. Linn.
1 N paradoxa • caulibus prostratis hirsutis, calycibus smpius triangularibus, corollis
infundibuliformi-campanulatis. S im s . - L i n d l in B o t R eg. t 865. tt. B o t Mag. t 2604.
R ab. Conception: on the sea shore.
O r d . X L I I I . P O L EM O N IA C E ® . J u s s .
1. COLLOMIA. Nutt.
1. C. Cavanillesii; leviter pubescenti-pilosa, caule erecto subsimplici, foliis erecto-
patentibus anguste-lanceolatis integerrimis, floribus capitatis, involucro nullo, calyce glanduloso.—
Ph lo x linearis. C<i». Ic. v. 6. 17. t. 527. (non Collomia linearis. Nutt.)
Hab Conception.—This is certainly nearly allied to the North American C. litiearis of Nuttall, yet
truly distinct. Tho plant is less branched, its leaves narrower, the upper ones not forming an involucre
around the flowers, and the flowers are as large as those of Collomia grandifora.
O rd. X L IV . B O R A G IN E ® . J u s s .
1. CYNOGLOSSUAL Linn.
1. C.decurrens; caule angulato-alato, foliis lato-lanceolatis acutis decurrentibus integerrimis,
racemis terminalibus foliosis elongatis, fructibus glochidiatis.—R u i z et Pav. Fl.
Per. V. 2. p . 6. Lehm. Asper. p . 143. F e u ill Chil v. 2. t 49.
H ab. Conception.—This plant grows two or three feet high. It has been found by Mr. Macrae in the
same coimtry.
2. C. paniculatum; adpresse pilosum, foliis lanceolatis acutissimis inferne in petiolum
sensim attenuatis ciliatis nitidulis subtus cano-sericeis, racemis terminalibus paniculatis
laxis paucibracteatis, pedicellis fructiferis longissimis gracilibus patenti-deflexis, fructibus
glochidiatis.
H ab. Conception.— Mr. Macrae has sent specimens to tho Horticultural Society, which he gathered at
Murillo Bay in Peru. The base of the plant is suffrutescent; the stems are from one .and a half to two feet
high. The leaves 3 - 5 inches long, their margins slightly revolute. By the above peculiarites, and the lax
terminal panicle, with the exceedingly long slender fnut-stalks, this species is distinguished from every
other with which we are acquainted.
2. LITHOSPERMUM. Liim,
1. D . myosotoides; seminibus rugosis, corollis calycem «qu an tib u s, foliis lineari-lanceolatis,
floribus lateralibus solitariis. L e lm . Asper. p . 319.—L . tinctorium. R u iz et Pav. F l
Per. V. 2. t 114. f . 6.— L. tingens. Roem. et Sch.
H ab. Conception.
3 . LYCOPSIS. Linn, (uon Lchm.)
1. L . arvensis. Linn.
Had. Valparaiso. Introduced.