laciniis lineari-lanceolatis subdentatis, spicis axillaribus solitariis laxls, bracteis calycem
« q u an tib u s patulis. Spr.— Willd. E n .— Hook. Bot. Misc. v. 1. p . 68.—Sandia Laguen.
Feuill. Chil. V. 3. t. 25. °
H ab. Conception, Valparaiso, and Coquirabo.—There are several varieties o f this polymorphous species
in the collection. For a fuller account of them, see the Botanical Miscell.any above quoted.
2. V. salv ia fo lia ; ramis junioribus tomentosis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis sessilibus subser-
ratis su p ra scabris rugosis subtus pubescentibus reticulatis, pedunculis lateralibus elongatis,
floribus verticillato-spicatis, calyce hispidissimo, corolla 4-iida.
Caulis erectus, lignosus, ®tate glaber, nitidus. Rami juniores dense tomentosi. Folia numerosa, opposita,
1 4 unciam longa, subcoriacea, riigosa, supra atro-viridia, subtus pallidiora, punctis micantibus fragranti-
bus adspersa. Flores iu spicam densam verticillatim dispositi.
H ab. Coquimbo.—Very nearly allied to F. gratissima of Gillies and Hooker in the Botanical Miscellany,
differing, however, in its much stouter mode of growth, its larger, more wrinkled, and more scabrous foliage,
and, especially, in the much moi;e crowded spike.
O r d . L I I . P R IM U L A C E ® .
1. ANAGALLIS. Lmn.
1. yi. ccerulea. Schreh.—Engl. Bot. t. 1823.
H ab. Conception.
SuBCL. IV. M O N O C H L A M Y D E ® . DC.
O r d . L I IL P L U M B A G IN E ® . Juss.
1. PLUMBAGO. Lmn.
1. P.ccBrulea; caulibus herbaceis, procumbentibus aut volubilibus, sulcatis, ramulis
spicisque viscoso-glandulosis : foliis sessilibus, amplexicalibus, ovato-oblongis, integerrimis,
g lab ris; corollis c«ruleis. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 2. p . 220.
H ab. Coquimbo.
2- ARMERIA. Toum.
1. A . curvifolia; foliis filiformibus flexuosis glabris, scapo elato terete glabro, involucri
foliolis exterioribus acuminatis interioribus rotundatis.—Bertero, in Bull, des Sc. 1830.
p . 108. {absque char.)
H ab. Conception.—We think there can be little doubt that this is the A. cux-vifolia of Bertero in the
work above quoted, though, unfortunately, as of the other Chilian plants there mentioned, no specific characters
are given. Tlie leaves are five or six inches long, and filiform: the scape one and a half to two feet
high. Bertero speaks of it as very common upon stony hills, and as being allied to A . / t s c 2c«?aia. We
possess, however, other specimens from Conception, gathered by Mr. Cruckshanks and Mr. Macrae, which
have much shorter, broader, and obtuse leaves, and which we can scarcely distinguish from the British A.
maritima.
O r d . L IV . P L A N T A G IN E ® .
1. PLANTAGO. Linn.
Juss.
1. P . media, Lin n .
H ab. Conception.—This appears to accord with some of the states of P. tomentosa (Lam.) mentioned by
Chamisso and Schlechtendal, which they describe as having three seeds in each capsule; and of P. trúncala,
of the same authors, which, however, has a davate and truncated spike.
2. P . mollis; subcaulescens, folüs lineari-lanceolatis cinereo-sericeis, scapis folio vix
longioribus pubescenti-hirsutis, spicis laxiusculis cylindricis, capsula biloculari disperma.
H ab. Conception.—Allied to P. hirsuta of Ruiz aud Pavon, from Peru, (P. limensis, Pers.); but that
has broader leaves and much shorter spikes. We have also received this from Mr. Bndges, from the mountains
about Valparaiso.
3. P . hispidula; acaulis, foliis linearibus sericeo-hinsutis, scapo foliis duplo longiore
hirsuto-pubescente, spica oblonga hirsuta, capsula polysperma.—R u iz et Pav. Fl. Per.
V. 1. t. 78.— P. tumida. L in k , E n . Hort. Ber. v. 1. p . 121 ? Cham, et Schlecht in Linmea,
V. 1. p . 168?
H .vb. Valpai-aiso.—Mr. Bridges has likewise sent us this species.
O rd . LV. P O L Y G O N E ® . J u s s .
1. POLYGONUM. Linn.
1. P . maritimum. Lin n .
H ab. Conception.
2. P . tamnifolium ; caule fruticoso volubili, foliis ovatis acutis cordatis glabris, paniculis
axillaribus geminis, floribus polygamis octandris, achenio trian g u lan .—Humb. et
Kunth, N o t. Gen. v. 2. p . 180. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 3. p . 40.
H ab. Valparaiso.—This also we have received from Mr. Bridges, gathered in the same locality. Sprengel
refers to it the Coccoloba australis of Foi-ster, and certainly that, as well as the present species, is a congener
with P . adpressum of La Billai'dicre. We have received likewise from Valparaiso, from Mi'. Macrae,
a thii'd species of this genus, but which we cannot distinguish from P . Persicaria, found also in Chili by
Chamisso, and which is Persicaria, &c. Feuill. Chil. v. 3. t. 40.
2. RUMEX. Lirm.
1. R . cuneifolius ; foliis infimis obovatis margine crispatis, verticillis superioribus aphyllis,
sepalis intei’nis demum ovato-lanceolatis acutis- integris, omnibus granulatis. Camb.
Rum. p . 95.— Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 3. p . 58.
H ab. Cultivated fields near Conceptiou.—Tho only specimen in the collection is in a very imperfect
state, hut from it, and the notes of Mr. Collie, who appears to have found it in fruit, we have determined it
to be that variety of R . cuneifolius which was previously found near the same place by Chamisso.
O r d . LV I. C H E N O P O D E ® .
1. SALICORNIA. Linn.
Vent
1. S. radicans ? Linn.