2o8 C- SKOTTSBERG 



Empetraceae. 



Kmpctruin L. A bipolar genus, E. ?iij{runi I., north, /:. rubrum Vahl south, but 

 according to Gool) the latter is represented in the Subarctic by special forms. 

 See _v^. 781. 



rubriun Vahl. Andes of S. Chile and Argent, to Fueg. and Falkl.; Tristan da C. 



Convolvulaceae. 



Dichondra Forst. 5 trop. -subtrop. Amer., i X. Zeal., and the following. 



)cpe)is Forst. Widely spread over both hemispheres, north to N. Amer. and 

 China, south to S. Chile and N. Zeal. 

 Calystegia R. Hr. 10-20; temp. -subtrop. in all parts of the world. 



tugiiriorum R. Br. S. Chile (Hantelmanni Phil.) and N. Zeal. 



Boraginaceae. 



Selkirkia Berteroi (Colla) Hemsl. According to Johnston (148) very near Hackelia 

 ()j)iz, a genus centering in western N. Amer., with outposts in S. Amer. and 

 I'Airas.; //. revoluta (Ruiz et Pav.) Johnst. Peru to Boliv. and Argent. 



Verbenaceae. 



Khaphitliaiinius Miers. 2, one in Centr. and S. Chile. Near CitJiarexylon L., a neo- 

 trop. genus of about 20 sp., Mex. and W. Ind. to Boliv. and Braz. 

 venustus (Phil.) B. L. Robins. A very distinct species. 



Labiatae. 



Cuminia Colla. 2. An isolated genus, referred to Prasioideae by El'LlNG (go), a 

 palae()tr()j)ical group best developed in Hawaii, but whereas Cumiuia has the drupe 

 of this tribe, it has the corolla of Stachyoidcac-Me7itJiiuae, where BRIQUET placed 

 it; lUkciKKS statement that the flowers are "Lippenbliiten" (./j. 23) is erroneous. 

 fernandezia Colla and eriantha Benth. Perhaps united by intermediate forms. 



Solanaceae. 



Sola)iu))i L. Prcjbably over looo; in all parts of the world, richly represented in 

 trop. Amer, man\- in Chile. 



fernandezianiitn Piiil. Related to .S". tKhcrosuui L. coll. 



masafiieranutn Hitter et .Skottsb. A \ery well-marked Morella. 



robinsonianutrj Bitter. .See above j). 200. 

 XicotidJKJ L. 60; 45 Anicr., C"alif.-Mex., And. S. vXmer. (hxuad.-Peru-Chile, ]3raz.- 

 Argent.-Patag.), 15 Austral, (i \. Caled., etc.). 



coydifolia IMiil. Belongs to the Rustica group, confined to trop. Amer. and 

 Australas., and related to X. Raijiioiidii ^lacbr. (Andes of S. Peru), solaJiifolia 

 \\'al[). (.\. and Centr. Chile) and piviiculata L. (Perii, \. Chile). Dr. GooDSl'KKD 

 ex[)resscd his opinion (in litt.) that the Rustica complex originated in the region 

 now occupied by western ]^oli\ ia and l\>ru and extended to the "J"^'^ Fernandez 

 land", becoming isolated during the final uplift of the Andes or possibly even earlier. 



