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mania and New Zealand, and 1 in Chatham Id. Sect. Andina (17) is Andine, but 

 one species, G. sessiliflorum Cav. (South America to Fuegia) also occurs in New 

 Zealand and Tasmania. 



Oxalidaceae. OxdUs magellanica Forst. from Fuegia is generally considered 

 to be identical with 0. lactea Hook. (= 0. catarractae A. Cunn., 0. Novae Fe- 

 landiae Gdgr.) in New Zealand, Tasmania and Victoria. I am not so sure of 

 this, for while my Fuegian specimens quite agree with the original description 

 of Forster the others (I saw material from New Zealand only) differ — and this 

 is evident also from the description of Bentham in Flora Australiensis — in 

 having distinctly obcordate leaflets with narrow base, and in the pedicel attain- 

 ing a length of 1-4 cm., whereas I never saw it exceed 1 cm. in the true 0. 

 magellanica. The flowers of 0. lactea measure 1 cm. across, which is twice as 

 much as in the other. 



Coriariaceae. Coriaria L. (8, Mediterranean region, Asia, New Zealand, 

 South America). C. ruscifolia L. in south Chile, New Zealand, Kermadec Id. 

 and Chatham Id. C. thymifolia H. B. K. Mexico to Peru, New Zealand. 



Rhamnaceae. Discaria Hook. (16-18) : all in extratropical and andine South 

 America (1 extending to Fuegia), except 1 in New Zealand, and 1 in Australia. 



Elaeocarpaceae. Aristotelia L'Her. (9-11) : 3-4 in New Zealand, 1 in Tas- 

 mania, 2 in Australia, 1 in New Guinea, 1 in New Hebrides, 1-2 in Chile. A. 

 racemosa Hook. f. (New Zealand) stands near the Chilean A. maqui L'Her. 



Eecryphiaceae. Monotypic order. Eucryphia Cav. (4-5) : 2 in Chile (E. 

 patagonica Speg. possibly a third), 1 in Tasmania, 1 in New South Wales. 



Thymelaeaceae. Drapetes Banks (6), forming a separate suborder, has 3 

 in New Zealand, 1 in Australia and Tasmania, 1 in Borneo and 1 in Fuegia and 

 Falkland. 



Myrtaceae. The Metrosiderinae group: several genera in New Zealand, Aus- 

 tralia, Polynesia, Malayan region, and 1 Melrosideros in Cape Colony; one rep- 

 resentative in South America, the monotypic genus Tepualia Cris. (south Chile 

 to Magellan). The main stock of the closely allied genus Melrosideros Banks is 

 in New Zealand (11). 



Oenotheraceae. Epilobium L. sect. Sparsiflorae includes 4-5 species in 

 New Zealand, 1 in Tasmania, and E. conjungens Skottsb. — at least nearer to 

 this section than to any other — in Fuegia (see Skottsberg in Wiss. Ergebn. der 

 Schwed. Sudpolarexped. IV: 4, 1906). Fuchsia L. (60): 3 confined to New Zea- 

 land, all the rest are American (Mexico to Fuegia). 



Halorrhagidaceae. Myriophyllum elatinoides Gaud, in extratropical South 

 America to Fuegia and Falkland Ids., and in New Zealand. Gunnera L. : of the 

 two closely related subgenera of small herbs Milligania is confined to New Zealand 

 and Tasmania, Misandra to south Chile, Fuegia and Falkland Ids. 



Araliaceae. Pseudopanax Koch as limited by Harms and Seemen com- 

 prises 7 species, 5 belonging to New Zealand and 2 to south Chile (1 extending to 

 Magellan). 



Umbelliferae. Hydrocotyle americana L. has been found in North and South 

 America and in New Zealand. H. hirta R. Br. has been reported from Chile, 

 Patagonia, Falkland Ids. and Australia. H. Novae Zelandiae DC. and H. micro- 

 phylla A. Cunn. seem to come near the Chilean H. marchantioides Clos. and H . 

 Bonplandii Kth. Azorella selago Hook. f. is known from Fuegia, Falkland Ids., 



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