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The fruits it may be remarked were not quite ripe. 



During my stay in S. Patagonia, 1905, I found at several localities in 

 the steppe between Sta. Cruz (Emporium) and Lago Argentine an Accena 

 with ripe fruits, the plant being unknown to me. The seeds were winged, 

 as in A. pterocarpa, but the wings were not so pointed, but more trun- 

 cated than In the above species ; they were armed with small retropacted 

 spines as in A. pterocarpa. 



The seeds brought home were sowed and germinated, but the plants 

 were, when I started for S. Brazil, far from being in bloom. I may, there- 

 fore, not be able to state that the family plant found in the steppe of S. 

 Patagonia is, as I am supposing, identical with the species here described. 



AC/ENA ANDINA Phil. Macl., p. 478. 

 Not in our district. 



Add A. adscendens Vahl ; stamens 4 (fide Skottsberg). Syn. A. magel- 

 lanica (fide Bitter). 



A. ARGENTEA Ruiz et Pav. Macl., p. 478. 

 N. Patagonia, Lago Nahuel-huapi. 



A. CADILLA Hook. fil. Macl., p. 478. 

 Should be deleted ; not known from our district 



A. C-ESPITOSA Gill. Macl., p. 478. 



Also in S. Patagonia, near Lago Argentine on dry pampa in dense 

 masses. 



A. cuneata is only a syn. of A. sericea (fide Skottsb. and Bitter.). 



A. FUEGIANA Phil. Macl., p. 479. 



Should be deleted, being identical with A. cuneata Hook, et Arn., sc. 

 with A. sericea. 



A. INTEGERRIMA Gill. Macl., p. 479. 



Also in E. Fuegia. My statement of the occurrence of A. splendens 

 Hook, et Arn. in E. Fuegia refers to A. integerrima. D. 



A. KRAUSEI Phil. Macl., p. 479. 

 Should be struck out, being identical with A. tenera Alboff. 



