1 86 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS : BOTANY. 



caul, entire with revolute margins, suborbicular, with prominent midrib 

 beneath. Flowers few, solitary in the axils, pedicels 1-2 cm. Calyx- 

 leaves obtuse, glabrous ; petals a little longer, pale pink. Stigma capi- 

 tose. Capsules glabrous, purplish. 



S. Fuegia, Ushuaia, in the alpine region, 810 m., W. Magellan, Deso- 

 lation Id., at Puerto Angosto, in the subalpine region, about 400 m. 

 This interesting species stands nearest to E. nummularicefoliiim A. Cunn., 

 and E. pedunculare E. Cunn., both of New Zealand. 



P. 610, middle of page, add the species: 



14. EPILOBIUM PATAGONICUM Rendle. 



Glabrous, glaucescent (flower-bearing part only is sent). Stem erect, 

 woody, branching ; internodes marked by lines. Leaves alternate or sub- 

 opposite, 'approximate, or ternately crowded, sessile, narrow-lanceolate, 

 acute, basally narrowed ; mid-nerve prominent, with purplish denticles. 

 Buds ellipsoid, purplish. Flowers corymbose, sepals lanceolate purplish ; 

 petals one third longer, rose-purplish, obcordate. Stigma broad-oblong ; 

 capsule elongated, purpurascent ; seeds papillose, ellipsoid, narrow base- 

 ward, subtruncate apically. Stem hollow, narrowing upwards. 



Slopes at Punta Bandera, Patagonia. 



15. E. STA. CRUZENSE Dus. (Dusen, Neue u. seltene Gefasspfl. 



der Magellansl., p. 28.) 



S. Patagon., near Lago Argentine in the upper valley of Rio Sta. Cruz. 



(ENOTHERA Spach. 



P. 611: 



My knowledge of the Patagonian species of CEnothera is very imperfect 

 and, therefore, I will only venture on a few remarks. A careful exam- 

 ination of these would, doubtless, result in a reduction of their number. D. 



P. 613: 



O. MOLLISSIMA L. 



Syn. CEnothera odomta Jacq. 

 According to Reiche, Flor. Chil., these species are identical. 



P. 614: 



O. STRICTA Ledeb. 

 Is found also in Central and S. Chili. 



