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342 Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson ; Port Famine, Capt. King; Fuegia, Banks and Solander, Forster, &amp;c.

This very handsome plant seems confined to the extreme southern part of South America, without, however, reaching Cape Horn itself; it is very nearly allied to the Chilian E. lanceolatum, R. and P., but differs in the nervation of the leaves.

2. LOMATIA, Brown.

1. ferrnginea, Brown, ''in Linn. Soc. Trans.'' vol. x. p. 200. Embothrium ferrugineum, Cavanilles, Icones, vol. iv. p. 59. t. 385.

Chonos Archipelago, C. Darwin, Esq.

Like the former, this species has a very confined range, inhabiting the country between Valdivia and the Chonos Archipelago, including Chiloe, on the west side of the Andes only; and, according to Cavanilles, it is limited to places occasionally overflowed by the sea. Mr. Bridges states that the native name is "Romarilla".

1. NANODEA, Gartner, fil.

1. muscosa, G&aelig;rtner, de Fruct. vol. iii. p. 251. t. 225. ''Gaud. in Ann. Sc. Nat.'' vol. v. p. 101. t. 2. f. 3, ''et in Freyc. Toy. Bot.'' p. 442. ''D'Urv. M&eacute;m. Soc. Linn. Paris'', vol. iv. p. 605. ''Banks et Sol. MSS. in Bibl. Banks, cum icone. Balexerda muscosa, Commerson, MSS.''

Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson; Port Famine, Capt. King; Fuegia, Good Success Bay, Banks and Solander; Hermite Island, J. D. H.; Falkland Islands, very common; Gaudichaud, &amp;c.

2. ARJOONA, Cav.

1. Patagonica, Homb. et Jacq.; stricta, erecta, ramosa, ramis simplicibus glaberrimis, foliis sparsis patulis breviter subulatis rigidis glaberrimis nervosis, inflorescentia sericeo-tomentosa capitata, bracteis concavis acutis tubo perianthii &frac12; brevioribus. A. Patagonica, ''Homb. et Jacq. in Voy. an Pole Sud, Bot. Dicot.'' t. 15. A. sine descript.

Strait of Magalhaens; Port Peckett, Messrs. Hombron and Jacquinot.

This plant, of which I have examined specimens gathered by Capt. King on the Patagonian coast, is very probably only a variety of the A. tuberosa, Cav., of the same country, which varies in the size of the leaves, and in their being smooth, pubescent, or tomentose. In Capt. King's specimens they vary from 1-4 lines long. 2. pusilla, Hook, fil.; caule erecto gracili simplici v. diviso, foliis flaccidis s&aelig;pius reeurvis elongato-linearibus acuminatis marginibus glaberrimis subenerviis, floribus paucis, bractea exteriore majuscule cymbiformi obtusa glabrata, corolla extus sericeo-tomentosa fauce ampliata inter stamina fasciculis inconspicuis pilorum articulatorum aucta, stigmatibus 3 brevibus. Strait of Magalhaens; Port Gregory, Capt. King; Cape Negro, C. Darwin, Esq.

Herba bi-tri-polhcaris. Caulis gracilis, erectus, simplex v. basi bis terve divisus. Folia flaccida, suberecta, &frac12;&mdash;&frac34; unc. longa, sub 1 lin. lata, medio uninervia, apicibus acuminatis marginibus plerumque recurvis. Bractea 2&frac12; lin. longa, dorso glabrata, marginibus ciliatis, bracteolis interioribus in tubum apice in&aelig;qualiter 3-4-fidum ovario