156 FAGUS ANTARCTICA OF FORSTER. 
laciniatis, ovariis lateraliter exsertis triquetris angulis margi- 
natis. Mirb. l. c. p. 469. t. 6. | ; 
Has. Straits of Magalhaens. Commerson. South part of 
Terra del Fuego. C. Darwin, Esq. (n. 521.)— The young 
shoots are entirely clothed with a resinous varnish, the old 
leaves are about an inch long, and have very obsolete reticu- 
lations especially on the under-side, where they are dotted | 
with copious resinous papilla, the margins are doubly ser- - 
rated. ee 
8. F. dubia (Mirb.); foliis ovatis obtusiusculis duplicato- 
serratis coriaceis nitidis glabris basi rotundatis brevissime — 
petiolatis, perianthiis masculis solitariis turbinatis 5—T-lobis 
10—16-andris, cupulis...... Mirb. I. c. p. 471. & T. 
Has. Straits of Magalbaens. Commerson.—Mirbel st 
ly suspects that this is only a more luxuriant state of F. » betu- 
loides, with smoother, more elongated branches, larger leave 
which are more scattered, oval, not elliptical, toothed, not 
crenulated. It was named Betula antarctica by Commerson — 
in his Herbarium. ; : : £ 
9. F. Forsteri (Hook.); foliis elliptico-ovatis corjaceisglabris 
utrinque acutiusculis grosse obtuse serratis minute reticulatis 
nervis primariis obsoletis. (Tas. VIII.) - dn 4 
Betula antarctica. “ Forst. in Comment. Goett. IX. p- 49 — 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 466. d 
Has. Terra del Fuego. Forster (in Herb. nostr -) e 
Darwin, ` Esq. (n. 155.) Port Famine; Straits of Magal- - 
haens. Captain King. NC. 
Arbor? Rami subtortuosi, breves, copiosi, rugosi, cortice 
fusco obtecti, juniores hinc linea pubescente. Folia nume - 
rosa, alterna, $ lin. longa, ovata seu elliptico-ovata, "E 
equali apiceque acutiuscula, coriacea, glabra, subavenia m 
venulis minute reticulatis, subtus areolis depressis, margint- 
bus grosse obtuse sed subzqualiter serratis. Petiolus V*- 
lineam longus, glaber, vel lzeviter pubescens. | 
I bave thought it right to give a figure of this plant from 
Forster’s specimen in my possession, believing as I do, that 
it is the plant intended by Forster for his Betula ad 
