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CARL SKOTTSBERG 



(Schwed. Südpolar-Exp. 



Fig. 9. A T othofagus belidoidcs. 



Skottsberg photo. 



ascends even at Cape Horn much higher than F. betuloidcs, and nearly to the 

 summits of the mountains, which are perhaps 1000 feet below the assumed level of 

 perpetual snow in that latitude, while at sea it forms much the larger tree of the two.» 

 Die Frage ist nun, ob HOOKER wirklich meint, dass gerade bei Kap Horn N. 



