232 MR. J. HALL ON THE FLORA OF NORTH PATAGONIA 



iLLECEBIiACEiE. 



Pentacena polycnemoides, Bartl., var. Bahia Blaaca ; 

 Sierra de la Ventana : North Patagonia, extending to the foot of 

 the Cordillera (Nos. 68 and 70, G. C.). The Indians call this 

 Ancue, and use the infusion for stomach complaints. 



Amabantaceje. 



Amarantus chlorostachys, Willd. Bahia Blanca, where it 

 was found by Darwin ; North Patagonia ; about Cabo S. Antonio 

 (Nos. 177 and 178, G. C.) . The young plant is eaten as a vegetable 

 like spinach. 



Pupalia ? Bahia Blanca and North Patagonia. Plowers 



yellowish white (No. 184, G. C). A mere fragment, as to which 

 I am quite uncertain. 



Guilleminea LANUGINOSA, Moq. (sub Gossypiantho) . lu the 

 province of Buenos Ayres, ruderal (No. 47, G-. C). Also seen in 

 Entrerios. 



Pfaffia lanata, Poir. (sub Gomphrena). Bahia Blanca ; 

 North Patagonia. Also grows in Entrerios (Nos. 56 and 101, 

 G. C). 



Alternanthera echinata, Sm. Buderal throughout the 

 province of Buenos Ayres (No. 46, G. C.) . 



Gomphrena villosa, Mart. Sierra de Tandil ; flowering late 

 (March) (No. 124 5, G. C.). Sent along with the next species, 

 from which it ia certainly different. 



Gomphrena rosea, Griseb. ? Bahia Blanca and North Pata- 

 gonia (No. 124 a, G. C). This is said to flower in February 

 in the south, but a month earlier in Entrerios. The flowers (*'. e. 

 coloured bracts) are of a bright rose-colour. The specimen ia a 

 mere scrap, as to which I am not quite certain. 



CnENOPODIACEJE. 



Chenopodium album, L. Throughout the prov ince of Buenos 

 Ayres (No. 42, G. C). 



Chenopodium murale, L. ? Bahia Blanca and elsewhere, 

 common (No. 197, G. C). The specimen has neither flower nor 

 fruit. 



