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ing and nutritious. They are always found on high table-land; 

 soil generally sandy and stony." — W. Andrews. The specimen 

 seems to agree with one named by Philippi, and the species 

 apparently inhabits both sides of the Andean chain. 



Calycerejs. 



7 and 38. Boopis crassifolia, A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. 



v. 321 ; Hook 



Miers 



" Plant with bright stiff leaves and a large yellow blossom, some- 

 what resembling Helichrysum, in height from 1 to 2 feet ; always 

 met with in sandy soil and most common amongst 7nedanos,e$pe- 

 cially those of the sea-coast, and occasionally found on the higher 

 table-lands. One of the most common plants of Patagonia, 



extending south to the Straits of Magellan." — W. Andrews. 



In the remarks which Professor Oliver has added to the de- 

 scription in the l Icones ' above cited he points out that this 

 species should be referred to Calycera rather than to Boopis, if 

 the latter be maintained as a distinct genus. But he adds the 

 expression of a doubt whether this should not be included in the 

 original genus Calycera. Amongst the species now known there are 

 many intermediate in structure between the typical Boopis anthe- 

 moides and the true Calycera, as defined in Bentham and Hooker's 

 1 Genera Plantarum.' There is nothing in the habit or the 

 geographical distribution of the species referred to one or the 

 other genus that tends to show that they should be separated. 





Composite. 



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. Steira satureifolta, Sch.-Bip., var. angustifolia, 

 Baker. " Plant resembling candytuft ; height about 8 or 10 

 inches ; grows in sandy soil near the sea-coast, and generally in 

 plains of Rio Negro valley ; blossoms a mawkish pink. 

 W. Andrews. This very variable species has a wide range on the 

 eastern side of the continent, from Brazil to Northern Patagonia, 

 but has not been found on the western side of the Cordillera. 





93. Gbindelia pulchella, Dun. Mem. Mus 



Hook, et Am. Comp. Bot. Mag 



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