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macrantha, Embotherium. coccineum, Philesia. buaifolia, and 
oo spinosa. e continued explorations in Valdivia, 
Chiloe, and northern Patagonia, where he collected seeds and 
plants of Libocedrus tetragona, Fitzroya patagonica, Saxegothea 
conspicua, and Podocarpus nubigena. Berberis Darwinii was first 
introduced to British gardens during this interesting expedition. 
See ‘‘ Hortus Veitchianus,”’ . Richard Pearce also 
collected for Veitch between 1859 and 1866. He was instructed 
to proceed to Valparaiso and eollect in Chile and Patagonia. His 
particular attention was directed to the collection of seeds. of 
ibocedrus tetragona, at that time supposed to be the tree which 
produced the famous Alerze timber; Lapageria rosea and L 
alba; the Chilean Pine (Araucaria imbricata), and other hardy 
trees and shrubs; secondly, to procure such plants as require a 
greenhouse temperature; and, thirdly, Orchidaceae and stove and 
greenhouse flowering plants. Pearce carried out these instruc- 
tions and, besides the above-named plants, obtained and intro- 
duced Prumnopitys elegans, Podocarpus nubigena, Eucryphia 
pinnatifolia, several apecies of Bomarea, Thibaudia acuminata, 
Ourisia coccinea, O. Pearcei, and quantities of ferns. At the 
same time, through his researches, the true Alerze-producing tree 
was fou nd to be Fi itzroya patagonica and not Libocedrus tetra- 
gona as generally supposed. Durin ng 1860 Pearce made many 
journeys to the Cordilleras and the interior of the country, to 
Los Banos, the Baths of Chillan, and to Los Luganos, etc. 
oo specimens are. at Kew. See ‘‘ Hortus Veitchianus,’ ; 
R. A. Philippi went to Chile in 1851, and in 1853 became pro- 
fessor of zoology and botany and Director of the National 
neagua aad the district between the capital and Valea: 
nae the volcano of Chillan, the provinces of Concepcion and 
Araucania. His very numerous publications appeared in many 
auntie gevodieals. 
R. O. Cunningham, during the voyage of H.M.S. “ Nassau ”’ 
(1866-1869), visited the. Straits of Magellan and the west coast 
of Patagonia. See his “ Notes on the Natural History of Straits 
of Magellan.’”? This work also contains notes on Chiloe, Lota, 
Valparaiso, and Santia 
P..G. Lorentz in 1871-1872 explored the provinces of Cordoba, 
Santiago del Estero, Tueuman and Catamarca, between 26° and 
31° S. lat. The plants he collected were worked out and published 
by Grisebach in “ Plantae Lorentzianae,’”’ 1874 (927 Argentine 
species). Lorentz himself published ‘‘ Vegetacion del Nordeste 
e la Provincia de Entre Rios.’’ In 1879 Lorentz and G. 
Niederlein accompanied General Rosa on an expedition to the 
Rio Negro. plants collected on this expedition are at Buenos 
Aires. and Cordoba. In 1880 Lorentz visited the Sierra de la 
Ventana. a ‘Lorentz and G. Hieronymus together investigated 
the flora of the provinces Tucuman, Salta, Jujuy, and Oran; they 
i the tropic up to and beyond Tarija, and went by the Rio 
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