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Marion and Crozet Ids., Kerguelen Id., Heard Id., and Macquarie Id., thus 

 belonging to the circumpolar type. Schizeilema Domin. (12) : 2 in South America 

 (Patagonia, Fuegia, Falkland Ids.), 9 in New Zealand and the Subantarctic Ids., 

 and 1 in Australia. Crantzia lineata Nutt. in the United States, Mexico, South 

 America, to Fuegia and the Falkland Ids., New Zealand, Australia, and Tas- 

 mania. The form in Pacific North America is now held to be a separate species, 

 C. occidentalis (Coulter and Rose as Lilaeopsis). Oreomyrrhis Endl. (5-6): all 

 American (Mexico, Fuegia, Falkland Ids.), one of them, 0. andicola (Lag.) Endl. 

 in different varieties also in New Zealand, Chatham Id., Tasmania, and Aus- 

 tralia. Apium australe Thouars (south Chile, Patagonia, Fuegia, Falkland Ids., 

 and Tristan d'Acunha) is so near A. prostratum Labill. (New Zealand, Kermadec 

 Id., Tasmania, and Australia) that they are united by many authors. Some 

 argue that both are only forms of A. graveolens L. 



Cornaceae. Griselinia Forst. (6) : 4 in central and south Chile (1 with a 

 variety in Brazil) and 2 in New Zealand. 



Ericaceae. It seems that the group Prionoteae of the Epacridaceae, often 

 dwelt upon as being the sole members of that order in America, should find a 

 more suitable place among the Ericaceae, on account of the non-existence of 

 essential epacridaceous characters, especially in the dehiscence of the anthers. 

 According to most authors the group includes two genera, Prionotes R. Br. and 

 Lebetanthus Endl., both monotypic, the latter formerly known as Prionotes also. 

 I can not find any valid, distinctive characters (the loculi of the capsule are 

 many-seeded in both!), thus we have one genus, Prionotes, with P. cerinthoides 

 Labill. in Tasmania, and P. myrsinites (Lam.) Skottsb. in Fuegia. The genus 

 seems to form a link between the two orders spoken of. Gaultheria serpyllifolia 

 (Lam.) Skottsb. (= G. microphylla Hook, f.) stands near G. antipoda Forst. in 

 Tasmania and New Zealand. Pernettya Gaud. (20 ±) all American (Central 

 America to Fuegia and Falkland Ids.) except P. tasmanica Hook. f. (Tasmania; 

 forming the monotypic section Perandra) and P. nana Col. (New Zealand; an 

 Eupernettya, as are all the rest of the genus). 



Primulaceae. Samolus repens Pers. in South America, and in New Zealand 

 and surrounding islands, Tasmania, Australia and New Caledonia. 



Gentianaceae. According to Grisebach Gentiana sect. Andicola comprises 

 about 50 species, all Andine except 2, 1 in New Zealand, the other in Tasmania; 

 Sect. Antarctophila includes only a few species: 1 in Tasmania, 1 in Australia 

 and New Zealand, and 1 in south Chile, Fuegia and Falkland Ids. 



Boraginaceae. Myosotis L. (50 =*=): 24 in New Zealand (1 also in Australia) 

 and surrounding islands. In America only 2 species, 1, M. antarctica Hook, 

 f. hitherto known from New Zealand, but found by the author in south Pata- 

 gonia; the second, M. albiflora Banks et Sol. endemic in Magellan, but related to 

 the New Zealand species. 



Tetrachondraceae (See the author's paper in Engler's Jahrb., 1912). A 

 monotypic order: Tetrachondra Petrie (2): T. Hamiltonii (Kirk) Petrie in New 

 Zealand, T. patagonica Skottsb. in Patagonia, nearly related to each other. 



Scrophulariaceae. Jovellana R. & P. (4-6): 2 in Peru and Chile, 2(-4) in 

 New Zealand. Ourisia Comm. (28): 7 in the subtropical Andes, 12 in Chile, 8 

 in New Zealand, and 1 in Tasmania. Gratiola peruviana L. in South America, 

 New Zealand, Tasmania, and Australia. Veronica L. sect. Hebe includes 75-80 



