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Fam. 42. MONIMIACE^E. Macl., p. 420. 



LAURELIA Juss. 

 L. SEMPERVIRENS (Ruir et Pav.) Tul. 



Also in N. W. and W. Patagonia, Rio Puelo, Rio Refiihue, Rio Cor- 

 covado, Rio Palena, Guaitecas Ids., Rio Aysen. 



Fam. 44. CRUCIFER^;. Macl., p. 421. 



Add Macl., p. 424: 



MENONVILLEA PINNATIFIDA. 



Erect, hoary-tomentose ; stem branching leafy, leaves unequally pinnate, 

 sessile ; pinnae long, narrow-linear, entire, acute. Spikes branching, many- 

 flowered ; flowers yellow, glabrous, with short pedicels. Silicles 2-valved, 

 and winged. 



Coquimbo. 



Add Macl., p. 426: 



LEPIDIUM PUBESCENS Desv. 



Silicles retuse, emarginate, slightly winged. Leaves glabrous, pinnat- 

 ifid with linear lobes, few-toothed. Stems and pedicels villous. 

 Chili, also in California. 



Add Macl., p. 432, line 8: 



THELYPODIUM Endl. 

 (Syn. Pachypodium Nutt.). 



Like Sisymbrium, but siliques narrow, long, stipitate, torulose. 



Sepals equal at base and petals long ; anthers twisted ; valves of fruit 

 convex, with a stout rib. Style short, emarginate ; seeds oblong, i -seriate. 

 Flowers pinkish-purple. Leaves entire, or laciniate or pinnatifid. 



T. FLEXICAULE Dusen. 

 Patagonia, on sandy fields near Sta. Cruz. 



STREPTANTHUS Nutt. 



Like Arabis, but calyx often large ; stamens longer, sometimes united ; 

 petals with twisted claws. Herbs with entire or lyrate leaves; flowers 

 usually purplish, stigma simple. Seeds in i row, compressed, winged. 



