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ramis ascendentibus, ramulis verrucosis, foliis ellipticis obtusis 
basi truncatis duplicato-serratis utrinque petiolisque hirto- 
pubescentibus. Poep. et Endlich. l c. p. 68. t. 195. 
Has. Andes of Southern Chili, clothing the summits of 
ridges which attain to a height of from 6000 to 8000 feet. - 
Poeppig.— Flowers and fruit unknown. The habit and 
shape of the leaves are very similar to those of F. antarctica. 
—Dr Poeppig remarks that this is a short prostrate tree, 
8—12 feet long, with a mode of growth not unlike that of 
Pinus pumilio. . It marks the transition zone from the erect 
trees, whose superior limit is indicated by the Fagus alpina, 
to the frigid region, where snow lies for eight months of the 
year, and where the shrubby Composite, and the Violets that 
grow in dense capitate tufts, and other handsome. plants, 
abound. 
5. F. antarctica, (Hook. aa —(Tas. VI.). 
Haz. Terra del Fuego, and both sides of the Straits of 
Magalhaens. (v. supra). ; 
*** Folia simplicia, coriacea, juniora non plicata. 
6. F. Dombeyi (Mirb.); foliis ovato-lanceolatis subrhom- 
boideis acutiusculis serratis coriaceis nitidis glabris basi obli- 
que cuneatis subpetiolatis, perianthiis masculis ternis cam- 
panulatis 45-lobis 8—10-andris, cupulis involucriformi- 
bus levigatis quadripartitis segmentis sublinearibus laciniatis, 
ovariis lateraliter exsertis triquetris angulis marginatis.— 
Mirb. l. c. p. 467. t. 5. Poep. et Endlich. l. c. p. 69. | 
Haz. Chili, Conception. Dombey. Banks of streams in 
the vallies of the Andes in Southern Chili. Poeppig. Cuming, 
(without fl., or fr.).—According both to Dombey and Poep- 
Pig, this forms a lofty tree called by the natives Coygué. It 
affords a useful wood. 
4. F. betuloides (Mirb.); foliis. ovato-ellipticis obtusis 
crenulatis coriaceis nitidis glabris basi rotundatis brevissime 
petiolatis (subtus papilloso-glanduliferis), perianthiis masculis 
solitariis turbinatis 5—7-lobis 10—16-andris, cupulis invo- 
lucriformibus kevigatis quadripartitis segmentis ince 
