154 FAGUS ANTARCTICA OF FORSTER. 
mibus muricatis 4-partitis segmentis ovatis obtusis, ovariis 
inclusis triquetris, angulis alatis. Mirb. Descr. Ament. Nouv 
in Mém. du Mus. d' Hist. Nat. v. XIV. p. 465. t. 4. | 
Has. Chili ; at Conception, and in the interior of the pro- 
vinces of Southern Chili, at an elevation of from 1000 to 
5000 feet. Dombey. Dr Gillies. Captain Beechey. Cuming. 
3. F. procera (Poep. et Endlich.) ; ramulis petiolisque 
hirtis, foliis oblongis acutiusculis duplicato-serratis subtus 
pubescentibus discoloribus. Poep. et Endlich. l c. p. 69. t 
197. ie 
Has. Mountain woods in southern Chili; at Antuco: - 
Poeppig. Abundant near Valdivia. Bridges (n. 634).—The e 
flowers and fruit are unknown to Dr Poeppig: but the latter - 
is abundant on Bridges’ specimens which I have referred, 
though I own, rather doubtfully, to this species. I had com - 
sidered them to be a variety of F. obliqua: but the leaves atè — 
certainly larger, but not so large nor so very elliptica! 
as those represented by Poeppig and Endlicher; the under * 
side is very pale, slightly hairy, the scales or soft spines of 4 
the cupule are larger than in F. obliqua. The station © 
Valdivia may be considered the same as that of Antuco:— 
and I am almost confirmed in its being identical with the. 
F. procera, by the respective remarks of these two travellers - 
Bridges states that it is called Roble, and Pillin-timber, by the. 
natives, and that it attains a height of from 60 to 100 feb 
— Poeppig says, “it is a tree from 80 to 100 feet high, that 
it is called Rauli by the Chilenos, and that its white and very 
hard wood is much valued for ship-building. Cups and à 
platters are made from the burnt trunks which lie prostrate us 
the forests after great conflagrations, and are sold under the s 
name of Pellin; whence the Chilian word Appelinar, to © 
bonize the outside of a tree, so that the wood within may — 
become harder. These Peilins are remarkable for their hard- D 
ness and fragility.” Judging from my specimens of F. obli- 
qua, I should say that it is liable to a good deal of variation 
in the size and outline of the leaves. E 
4. F. pumilio (Poep. et Endl.); truncis decumbentibvs 
