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hitherto been found in Brazil, chiefly on the Corcavado and other 

 eminences near Bio de Janeiro, and in the Province of San Paulo. 

 The new habitat must be at least 1600 miles distant. 



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34. Bra.chycla.dos lycioides, Gill, ex D. Don in Phil. Mag. 

 March 1832 ; Hook, et Am. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 106. " Shrub, 

 height from 2 to 4 feet ; hard dark green foliage ; blossom of a 

 deep gold-colour. Found chiefly on high table-lands on clay or 

 stony soil, occasionally in valleys. Common on the Senger, Chubat, 

 Deseado and Eio Negro ." — W. Andrews. This species ' 







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and was soon after collected by Tweedie in North Patagonia. It is 

 enumerated in the 'Flora Chilena,' iii. 312, and is said to grow 

 in the Cordillera of the province of Santiago. I have seen no 







Chilian specimens, unless a single specimen in the Kew Herbarium 

 labelled "Bridges, Concepcion," belongs to the same species. 

 This has the stem and branches erect, not spreading, nearly quite 

 glabrous ; the involucral scales nearly glabrous and the medial 

 nerve much less prominent ; and finally the achenes much larger. 

 In the Patagonian plant the oblong achenes have five obtuse 

 rounded ribs ; in the Concepcion plant the fruit is not quite 

 mature, but the achenes appear to have much more angular ribs. 

 In this plant the branches bearing the flowering heads are often 

 beset with projecting knobs which are abortive branches, and 

 frequently bear a single minute leaf about an eighth of an inch 

 in length. This is especially noticeable on the specimen from 

 Concepcion above mentioned. 



70 and 88. Tbichocline incana, Cass. " Plant of small and 

 compact growth, with yellow flowers. Generally found on open 

 plains and in sandy soil; sometimes on clay."— W. Andrews. 

 This species has a wide range in eastern South America, extending 

 to the Peruvian Andes. It has not been found in Chili, and it is 

 very doubtful whether any species of this genus extends to the 

 western slope of the Andes. (See * Flora Chilena/ iii. 288.) 



106. Leuceeia btjncinata, Gill, ex D. Don, in Phil. Mag. 1832 

 (sub Leuchaeria) = Chabrsea rosea, DG. Prod. " Plant with thistle- 

 shaped leaves ; flowers a pale mauve ; grows in thick woods on 

 eastern slope of the Cordillera ; attains a height of about 3 feet. 

 —W. Andrews. This is an Andine species which has descended 



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