2O8 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS '. BOTANY. 



P. 671: 



GILIA NUDICAULIS Gray. 



Is transferred by Brand to genus Gymnosteris Greene, having leafless 

 stems. As Brand confines this to North America, further verification of 

 my identification of the Peterson specimen is required. 



Add Macl., p. 671 : 



G. PATAGONICA Speg. 



Branches slender, erect, 10 cm. long. Radical leaves rosulate, entire or 

 sparingly pinnatifid, cauline entire. Flowers solitary, long-pedicellate; 

 calyx tubular-campanulate, subglandulose, teeth as long as the tube. 

 Corolla 7 mm., half exceeding the calyx, its lobes ovate, very short. 

 Stamens exsert; style shorter than corolla. Capsule ovoid, shorter than 

 calyx. Seeds numerous, rufescent. 



Argentina; Patagon., at Rio Sta. Cruz; Lago Argentine. 



P. 672 : 



G. POLYCLADON Torr. 



Is a N. Amer. plant ; the identification of the Hatcher specimen needs 

 to be verified. 



Add Macl., p. 672. 



G. VALDIVIENSIS Griseb. (G. laciniata Benth., non R. & P.) 



Erect, 7-40 cm. high. Leaves bipinnatifid, segments linear-filiform. 

 Few-flowered cymes, on short pedicels, or flowers 1-2, long-pedicellate ; 

 corolla blue, throat striate; stamens declinate, filaments short; style 

 equalling the tube. 



Argentina and Patagon.; Province of Chubut, south to Rio Gallegos. 



P. 672: 



Subsp. HUMILIS (Dougl.) Brand. 



The range of this subspecies coincides with that of the other species. 



Subsp. HUMILIS (Dougl.) Brand var. MICRANTHA (Kellogg). 

 Known over the whole district of the subspecies. 





