326 FLOEA ANTAECTICA. \Fuegia, the 



XXVIII, GESNEBIACEiE, Nees. 



1. MITKAKIA, Cav. 



1. Mitrama coccinea, Cavanilles, Icones, vol. vi. p. 67. t. 579. DC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 537. 

 Hab. Chonos Archipelago, C. Darwin, Esq. 



XXIX. ERICE/E, Br. 

 1. PEKNETTYA, ftnrt 



1. Perxettya mucronata, Gaud, m Ann. Sc. Nat. vol. v. p. 102. in note. DC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 5S7. 

 Hombr. et Jacq. in Toy. an Pole Snd, Dot. P/ian. Dicot. t. 22. X. Y. Z. Arbutus mucronata, Linn. fil. 

 Suppl. 239. Ford. Comm. Goett. vol.ix. p. 31. Lamarck, Ulust. t. 366. f. 7. Graham, in Dot. Mag. t. 3093. 

 Lindley, Dot. Peg. t. 1675. Lodd.Dot. Cab. t. 1848. A. rigida, Danks et Sol. MSS. in Dial. Banks, cum 

 icone. 



Hab. Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson ; Fuegia, Banks and Solander, and found by all succeeding 

 voyagers, throughout that country. 



One of the most abundant of Puegian plants, exceedingly variable in the size of its foliage. Owing, apparently, 

 to the puncture of an insect, the apices of the raniuli in the present and following species frequently assmne the 

 form of cones, being covered with densely imbricated leaves so metamorphosed as exactly to resemble the scales of 

 an Abies. 



Though Protean in its fobage, this species is very confined in its geographical limits, advancing no further 

 north than Cape Fairweather, on the east coast of Patagonia. 



2. Peknettya pumila, Hook.; humilis, glaberrima, subcaespitosa, ramosa, caulibus prostratis vel 

 suberectis, foliis imbricatis sessilibus ovatis acutis obtusisve concavis subter carinatis marginibus subtilissime 

 cartilagineo-serrulatis, pechcellis axillaribus arcuatis folio sequilongis longioribusve 1-floris basi bracteolatis. 



Var. a, minor, foliis densius imbricatis obtusis. P. pumila, Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 9. DC. Prodr. vol. vii. 

 p. 586. Homb. et Jacq. in Voy. au Pole Sud, Dot. Dicot. t. 22. S et T. Arbutus pumila, Linn. fil. Swppl. 

 n. 239. Forst. Comm. Goett. vol. ix. p. 32. Andromeda humilis, Banks et Sol. MSS. in Bibl. Banks, cum 

 icone. 



Var. /3, empetrifolia, foliis laxe imbricatis angustioribus subacutis obtusisve. P. empetrifolia, Gaud. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. vol. v. p. 102. Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 454. t. 67. D'Urville in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, 

 vol. iv. p. 607. DC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 586. Andromeda empetrifolia, Lamk. Encycl. vol. i. p. 155. Arbutus 

 empetrifolia, Linn. fil. Swppl. v. 239. Bruyere a feuilles pointues," Pernetty, Voy. t. 2. p. 64. 



Hab. Var. a. Prom Cape Tres Monies (Patch Cove, alt. 2,000 feet), on the west coast of South Chili 

 to Cape Horn, and in the Falkland Islands, Commerson, Banks and Solander, Forster, and all succeeding 

 voyagers. Var. 0. South part of Tierra del Fuego, Forster, C. Danvin, Esq., J. D. H. Falkland Islands, 

 most abundant. 



The two plants here united under one specific name are decidedly mere varieties. The 0. empetrifolia is by far 

 the most abundant, and its prostrate stems sometimes attain the length of two feet. Var. minor, in its smallest 



