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varmeae into the lowlands of the Gran Chaco to the Laguna del 
Palm r. ‘heir collections are described. by Grisebach in 
" teytibolae ad floram argentinam,’’ 1879, together with coliec- 
tions of Lorentz from Entre Rios and of Hieronymus from the 
Sierra de Cordoba, and of Schickendantz from Catamarca. 
ieronymus returned to his own country in 1884 and was suc- 
ceeded by G. Kurtz, who has explored and collected in alee 
up to the pass of la Cumbre, and to the Rio Salado, ete. 
Gieor Downton collected for Veitch (1870- 1873). In 
October, 1871, he started on a mission to Chile to collect a furthex 
supply of seed of Embothrium coccineum, Tropaeolum azureum, 
. tricolor, and other plants of horticultural interest. 
‘Otto Kuntze in his journey round the world (1874-1876) 
crossed Chile and Argentina. No general account of his South 
American travels has been found, but a reference to the follow- 
ing paper has been met wit “ Botanische Bacio durch die 
Pampas und es efor nciaen nach den Cordilleren,’’ in 
Potonie’ s Naturwiss. Wochenscrift, No. 1-3, 1893. In his 
‘“ Revisio Generum Plantarum,” vol. ii ae) full list of plants is 
given and the following localities are mentioned :—Chile : Angol, 
Ercilla ; boundawy: between Chile and Argentina: pass of la Cruz 
de Piedr (Paso da Argentina: Tucuman and Cordoba; 
Patdponia’ Santa Cru 
Several Prrediasns. liave casually touched Chile—e.g., the 
Austrian ** Donau ”’ (1868-1871), and the *‘ Challenger ”’ (1872- 
i876). The expedition of the ‘* Gazelle ’’ (about 1880) worked 
in the Magellan Straits, and was accompanied by the botanist. 
Naumann, who collected some plants. See Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. 
Bd. 4-6. 
The French doctors, Savatier, Hariot, and Hyades (1877— 
1879) made important collections in the south. See Franchet, 
‘* Mission scientifique du Cape Horn.” P. A. L. Savatier’s collec- 
tions are at Kew, and an account of his life and travels is given 
in the Kew Bulletin, 1909, p. 148. 
John Hall traversed the Chilean coast-belt from Arica to the 
Magellan Straits, and an account of a tour is given in his book, 
“Notes of a Nat turalist in South America,’’ London, 1887 
Gussfeldt, in 1882, travelled in the Cordillera 4 Contyal Chile. 
See his book, “ Reise in den Anden,’’ Berlin, 
the northern forest regions of Chile (1883), rapa 18 (1885). 
Carlos Reiche has made journeys into South Chile and other 
parts. The first volume of his ‘‘ Flora de Chile ’’ was published 
(in Spanish) in 1896, and the work is not yet completed. His 
excellent work on the phytogeography of the country was pub- 
lished in Engler and Drude, “* Vegetation cee Erde,’’ vol. 8, 
1907. This latter work is in German. 
Wilczek (1897) crossed the Andes and eolioctéd plants at Saint 
Raphael and in the valley - the Atuel. See ces and Wilezek 
in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. vol. ii. p. 281, 1902, and Briquet 
in Ann. du Conserv. et fae cok bot. a peqen pete p. 14. 
