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 *[Footnote: obliqua, form forests. The Myrtaceæ become more abundant beyond 38° S. lat.,—in the Island of Chiloe, where a Metrosideros-like species of Myrtus (Myrtus stipularis) forms almost impenetrable thickets under the name of Tepuales; in Patagonia; and in Fuegia to its extremity in 56-1/2° S. lat. In the Old Continent they prevail in Europe as far as the 46th parallel of North latitude: in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Auckland Islands, they advance to 50-1/2° South latitude.]