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FLORA OF PATAGONIA. 



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MSS 



Malva crisva. Hook 











That plant, however, appears to be a Malvastrum, and the 

 materials available for the study of this group are at present too 

 scanty. In the botanical chapter of the ' Informe Oficial de la 

 Expedition al Eio Negro/ published in 1881, Niederlein has 

 described two plants from the valley of the Eio Negro, one of 



which he has rmmprl 



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Malva 















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114. Abistotelta. Maqui, V Merit. This plant is common in 

 Central and Southern Chili, having its northern limit {vide O. Gay, 

 'Flora Ohilena,' i. p. 337) at the river Illapel, about S. lat. 31° 

 30'. Excepting this specimen, I have seen none from the 

 eastern side of the coutinent save those collected by Tweedie in 







Uruguay. 



belongs exclusively to the southern 





The genus 

 hemisphere, the other known five or six species being natives of 



New Zealand, Australia, or Tasmania. 

















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27. Labeea divakicata, Gav. 

 !2 or 15 feet, though « 



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« Shrub attaining a height of 



, , w „ 5 „ generally less ; always found on the high 



table-lands ; soil, sand and clay with pebbles ; disappears to- 

 wards the west as soon as the mountain-ranges of Central 

 p atagonia commence. It is of a highly resinous nature, and 

 b ums with a bright crackling flame ; but the smoke possesses a 

 ■**mg acrid taste and odour, as does the foliage when bruised. 

 Tl »e flowers, which appear in great profusion, are small golden 

 »«», which in their turn give place to small round seed-globes 

 ^vered with a white eottouy fur. The wood is very hard and 

 in many respects like box. This is one of the handsomest shrubs 

 of the uplands, presenting at one time a brilliant map of yeUo*. 

 ^ another (when in seed) of white, whilst the elegance of its 

 growth always attracts attention. Local name Jcmlla but also 

 filed Cordoba compass, as its growth is said invariably to be 

 f ^m south to north l»-W. Andrews. This speoes extends from 

 Antral Patagonia northward to many stations in Arge ■*»«»» 

 «• Catamares. Although included in the ' Flora Chdena, I do not 





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