﻿TAB. IX, 



P£IIN£TTIA TUMILA. 



Humilis, caulibus procumbentibus, foliis ovatis obtusis supra 

 , convexis snbtus carinatis tnarginibus subtilissime cartilao-ineo- 



crenulatis. 



Arbutus pumHa. Linn. Suppl p. 239. Forst ComrnenL GoetL 



9. p. 32. Wmd. Sp. PL V. 2. /?. 619. 

 Hab. South part of Terra del Fuego {n. ITl), at an ele- 

 vation of 2000 feet t-^Cape Tres Monies, Lat. 47«. W. 

 Patagonia. C. Barmin^ Esq.^ Dec. 1834 (n. 503). 

 Gaudiclmixd, wlio established the genus Pernettia in the 

 Anncies des Sciences NaturelJes, at Rrst confidently referred 

 the Arbutus pumila^ Linn., to his Pernettia enipetrifolia from 

 the Falkland Islands; but afterwards, in the ^^ Voyage^' intro- 

 duced it as a synonym, with a mark of interrogation : and I 

 thhik it will he found that the description ofLinnscns better 

 accords with that which I \nd\e figure from Terra del Fuego 

 and Cape Tres Montes. Freycuiet's plant is very aiucli larger, 

 a single branch being represented 9 or 10 inches high, nor do 

 the leaves appear to have the minutely crenated cartilaginous 

 n^argin which is so remarkable in our plant. 



Fig. !• Peduncle and Bower, f. 2, 3. Front and back view of 

 an anther. / 4. Vhtxh f. 5, Front, miiif. 6. Back view of a 

 leaf, magnified. / 7« Portion of the margin of a leaf, highly 

 ^(^gnified. 



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