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sandy and salt ground ; common in the lower valleys of the Chu- 

 bat and on the sea-coast."— JF: Andrews. This specimen, named 

 as above by Professor Oliver, seems to me very doubtful. It 



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growing in gravel. "-W. Andrews. This species extends from 

 Mexico through the west side of tropical America to the South- 

 temperate zone, at least as far as Northern Patagonia. If I am 

 right in believing that G. americanum, L., and G. purpureum, L., 

 are forms of the same species, they should be united under the 

 name G. americanum, and will be found to extend over an area of 

 fully 80 degrees of latitude. 



20. Gaillabdia scabiosoides, Benth. etHooh.f. Gen. PI. ii. 

 Cercostylos scabiosoides, Am. in DC. Prod. " Plant bushy, 

 about 15 inches high, grows in dense masses on low clay plains. 

 The blossoms, which are without exterior petals, possess a strong 

 odour resembling that of ripe apricots. These fresh, or powdered 

 jnto a kind of snuff, are much used by the natives as a remedy 

 for headache. Foliage of a dark green, somewhat white on the 



kirer surface."- W. Andrews. 



In the « Symbol® ad Floram Argentinam ' Grisebach correctly 

 quotes the ' Genera Plantarum ' for the name of this species, 

 JJ the species is there named and distinctly referred to Gail- 

 l <*rdia. I have seen no specimens of the Brazilian plant with 

 undivided leaves ( Guntheria megapotamica, Spreng. = Cercostylos 

 wsitiensis of Lessing) ; but I have no doubt that Mr. Baker 

 nas been well advised in uniting the two as forms of a single 

 s Pecies. On further consideration I cannot, however, concur 

 *ith him in reviving Sprengel's specific name as that of the type 

 of the collective species. The Brazilian form is rare, at least in 

 European herbaria, while G. scabiosoides appears to have a con- 

 siderable range on the western side of temperate South America 

 ^d to be comparatively common. (See Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

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