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Sesutium portulacastbum, L. Salt-marshes of the Rio 

 Colorado (No. 182, a. C). Called by the natives Gume or Jume, 

 but that is a general name for succulent herbaceous plants. 



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Azorella ulebabia?, =Bolax glebaria, LfJJrv. Mid-Pata- 

 gonia, northern limit about lat. 41° S., and extending southward 

 beyond the river Chubat (No. 149, Q. C). I have but three 

 minute fragments (flowering rosettes) of this plant, each about 

 the size of a pea, but I feel sure that they belong to A. glebaria 

 or a near ally. The Indian names for the plant are Kethdla and 

 Oethenn. They use the resinous root as a masticatory, and also 

 roast and grind it into a sort of flour. 



Ebynchum paniculatum, Lam. Bahia Blanca, thence extend- 

 ing northward through Buenos Ayres and Entrerios (No. 85, 

 Gr. C.) . This, as well as two other large Eryngia of similar habit, 

 is called Shetd by the Araucanians. It is much less common than 

 it formerly was. It seems as though it were driven out by the 

 European thistles. 



Ebvngium ? Bahia Blanca (No. 50, Gr. C.) ; Entrerios 



(No. 52, Gr. C). The specimens are too immature for determina- 

 tion. They agree best with the Chilian E. humifusum. The plant 

 is sometimes used for dyeing wool ; and M. Claraz thinks that it 

 may have been introduced. But it has, as he says, an Indian 

 name, Lief huintschu. 



Apiuji banunculifolium, DC. Bahia Blanca and North 

 Patagonia (No. 236, G-. C). Called by the Spaniards Apio a 

 Maron. This is a wide-spread and variable species, but quite 

 distinct from the A. australe, which is merely a southern form of 

 the cosmopolitan A. graveolens, and which, according to M. C ; -araz, 

 also grows on the coast of Patagonia. 



Eubiacej:. 

 Galium pusillum, Endl, non Sm. Bahia Blanca and North 

 Patagonia (No. 115, a. C). Called by the Indians Belfen or 

 Relvun. The roots are used to produce a red dye for wool. This 

 is scarcely distinct from O. corymbosum, Buiz & Pav. 



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