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304 2. carnosa, Smith; glaberrima, caule erecto herbaceo, foliis cauliuis longe petiolatis obovatis obovato-lanceolatisve carnosis sinuatis serratis inciso-pinnatifidisve lobis sinubusque obtusis cauliuis minoribus supremis sessilibus, panicula terminali elongata ramis suberectis, bracteis acuminatis basi connatis. V. carnosa, Smith, ''Icon, ined. fasc.'' 3. t. 52. Vahl, Enum. vol. ii. p. 12. ''DC. Prodr.'' vol. iv. p. 635. V. Magellanica, ''Lam. Illustr.'' vol. i. p. 93. ''Duf. Val.'' p. 51.

Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson; Port Famine, Capt. King; Cape Negro, C. Darwin, Esq.

Herba bipedalis, stricta, erecta. Caulis crassitie pennae anserin&aelig;. Folia varia, 2 unc. ad pedalem, interdum fere integerrima. Pedunculi s&aelig;pe spitham&aelig;i. Flores ut in congeneribus. Fructus V. lapathifoli&aelig;.

3. sedifolia, D'Urv. in ''M&eacute;m. Soc. Linn. Paris'', vol. iv. p. 612. ''Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot.'' p. 135. ''DC. Prodr.'' vol. iv. p. 633. ''Homb. et Jacq. in Voy. au Pole Sud, Bot. Dicot.'' t. 16, A.

Strait of Magalhaens, MM. Hombron and Jacquinot; Falkland Islands, D'Urville.

4. Magellanica, Homb. et Jacq. ''in Voy. au Pole Sud, Bot. Dicot.'' t. 16. B. ''sine descript. non Lamarck.''

Strait of Magalhaens, MM. Hombron and Jacquinot.

I have seen no specimens of either of the above curious little species, but M. Riocreux's figures in the work quoted, are excellent.

1. CHILIOTRITCHUM, Cass.

&sect; I. Euchiliotrichum; capitulis radiatis.

1 amelloides, Cass., Dict. vol. viii. p. 576. ''Gaud, in Ann. Sc. Nat.'' vol. v. p. 104. ''et in Freyc. Voy. Bot.'' p. 135. ''D'Urville in M&eacute;m. Soc. Linn. Paris'', vol. iv. p. 612. ''DC. Prodr.'' vol. v. p. 216. ''Hook. Ic. Plant.'', t. 485. C. rosmarinifolium, ''Less, in Linn&aelig;a, vol. vi. p. 109. Amellus diffusus, ''Forst. Comm. G&oelig;tt. vol. ix. p. 39. A. rosmarinifolium, ''P&oelig;pp. MSS. Coll.'' 2. A. candidus, Banks et Sol. ''MSS. in Bibl. Banks, cum icone. Tropidolepis diffusa, Tausch. in Bot. Zeit.'' vol. xii. p. 67. Aster Magellanicus, ''Spreng. Syst. Veget.'' vol. iii. p. 526. "Arbuste &agrave; feuilles de romarin," Pernetty, Voy. vol. ii. p. 61. "Fascine" colonorum.

South Chili, Fuegia, and the Falkland Islands; Commerson, Banks and Solander, and all succeeding voyagers.

In the first part of this work (p. 37 in obs.) I have mentioned how closely this genus is allied to Eurybia and to Olearia, agreeing with the former in the oblong involucre and uniseriate pappus, and with the latter in habit through Olearia oporiua (O. semidentata, Decaisne in Voy. Venus; Atruica oporina, Forst.). It differs from both in the presence of linear scales occasionally mixed with the flowers of the disc.

The present is the tallest dicotyledonous plant in the Falkland Islands, except Veronica elliptica, which is exceedingly rare. It attains a height of about 4-5 feet, and forms a brushwood along the banks of streams

&sect; II. Anactinia; capitulis discoideis, homogamis.

2. humile, Hook. fil.; caule prostrato ramoso, ramis abbreviatis ascendentibus erectisve foliosis foliisque subter incano-tomentosis, foliis dense imbricatis lineari-oblongis obtusis recurvis coriaceis