296 EVANS. 



assigned is M. albinea Spruce, which further agrees with M. chilensis 

 in the structure of the costa. In M. albinea, however, the marginal 

 hairs are in pairs. Aside from the inflorescence M. chilensis ap- 

 proaches the following species very closely. 



7. Metzgeria decipiens (Massal.) Schiffn. & Gottsche. 



Metzgeria furcata /?. decipiens Massal. Nuovo Gior. Bot. Ital. 17: 256. 



pi. 28, /.' 36. 1885. 

 Metzgeria decipiens Schiffn. & Gottsche in Schiffner, Forschungsreise 



"Gazelle" 4 4 : 43. 1890. 

 Metzgeria glaberrima Steph. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 939. 1899. 

 Metzgeria nuda Steph. Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. 46 9 : 10. /. 3a, 



1911. 



Specimens examined : Valdivia, 1887, Hahn (S.); Corral, 1905-06, 

 Tkaxter If, 2c, 78, 110, 122, 124, 138, 141 (H., Y.) ; valley of the Aysen 

 River, 1897, Dusen 283 (Moll., as M. glaberrima, and listed under this 

 name by Stephani, 20, p. 20) ; Puerto Chacabuco, 1908, Halle 256 (St., 

 as M. glaberrima, and listed under this name by Stephani, 24, p. 10); 

 near the mouth of the Rio Pudeto, Chiloe, 1908, Halle 256 (St., as 

 M. glaberrima, and listed under this name by Stephani, 24 p 10) ; 

 Guaitecas Islands, 1897, Dusen 394 (M., Moll., St., as M. glaberrima, 

 and listed under this name by Stephani, 20, p. 20); Port Gallant, 

 Straits of Magellan, 1896, Dusen (N. Y., St., as M. glaberrima); Tues- 

 day. Bay, Straits of Magellan, 1876, Naumann (S., Y., listed by 

 Schiffner, 16, p. 43) ; Grappler Bay, Straits of Magellan, 1893, Douglas 

 (H., Y.); Rio Azopardo, Tierra del Fuego, 1896, Dusen 71 (U., as 

 M. glaberrima, and listed under this name by Stephani, 21, p. 10); 

 Rio Olivia, Tierra del Fuego, 1902, Skottsberg (St., as M. glaberrima, 

 and listed under this name by Stephani, 23, p. 9); Cape Horn and 

 Hermite Island, Hooker (M., as M. furcata, and listed under this name 

 by Hooker and Taylor, 8, p. 480) ; near Basil Hall, Staten Island, 1882, 

 Spegazzini (Massal., Y., Type of M. furcata /3. decipiens). The 

 following three specimens from the Falkland Islands have likewise been 

 examined: Port Stanley, 1902, Skottsberg (St., as M. glaberrima, and 

 listed under this name by Stephani, 23, p. 9); same locality, 1905, 

 Tkaxter (H., Y.); near Port Stanley, 1907, Skottsberg 356 (U., type of 

 M. nuda). 



The following additional stations from the literature may be cited: 

 Wellington and Desolation Islands, Savatier; and Hoste Island, Hya- 

 des (2, p. 246, as M. furcata var. j3. decipiens). 



The following stations for M. glaberrima may likewise be cited: 



