﻿Vol. 25 



No. 8 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



AUGUST 1898 



An Enumeration of the Hepaticae Collected by John B. Hatcher in 



Southern Patagonia. 



By Alexander W. Evans. 



(Plates 345-348.) 



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boring the Straits of Magellan, have several times been visited by 

 scientific expeditions. Most of these have made collections of 

 Patagonian plants and have included the hepaticae among them, 

 either incidentally or systematically. Our knowledge of the he- 



try 



some idea of its exceeding richness and variety. Although a few 

 of the most conspicuous species were gathered in the first years of 

 the present century and even earlier, the real foundations of our 

 knowledge are based on the collections made during the Antarctic 

 voyage. of the British ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839- 



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the species found was later amplified into a fuller description! . 

 accompanied by numerous colored figures. 



Passing over several smaller gatherings attention may further 

 be called to three larger collections, which have been made and 

 described within recent years. The first of these collections was 

 that of Dr. Spegazzini, which was made in 1882 and included 103 

 s Pecies, most of which came from Fuegia. The determina tions 



Hepaticae Antarcticae ; being characters and brief descriptions of the Hepaticae 

 discovered in the southern circumpolar regions during the voyage of H. M. Discovery 

 *'I* Erebus and Terror. Lond. Jour, of Bot. 3 ■ 3 66 -4O0, 454-481- I&W- 



t Flora Antartica, 2 : 423-446. //. ij6-/6i. 1847- 



[Issued 13 August.] ( 407 ) 



