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opinion, not having had an opportunity of examining this form. Strangely 

 enough, Spegazzini never names S. longipes in his papers on the Flora of 

 Fuegia and Patagonia. D. 



Common in the steppe of South Patagonia, from the east coast to the 

 forests in the pre-Andine districts, also in the mountains, by Lago Argen- 

 tine up to about 700 m.; between Lago Viedma and Laguna Tar up to 

 about 1,000 m.; by Rio F6siles up to about 850 m., on the western side 

 of the river; up to about 1,000 m. on the eastern side. D. 



P. 854 : 



SENECIO MORENONIS Ok. 



Should be deleted, being identical with S. sericeo-nitens Speg. D. 



S. MUSTERSI Speg. Nov. Add. II, p. 12. 

 Mid-Patag., in steppe near Lago Musters. 



S. NORDENSKJOLDII Hoffm. 



Is a form of S. longipes and should be deleted. D. 



S. OMBROPHYLLUS Skottsberg. 



Syn. S. auriculatus Alboff, which name was repeatedly preoccupied. 

 Skottsberg adds characters as follows : 



Achenium (only known young), 5 mm. long, cylindrical, strict, glabrous, 

 pappus 6 mm. long, yellow at base, whitish upwards. 



Fuegia, Ushuaia, in shady moist places in woods ; rarely. 



S. PELQUENSIS Dus. n. sp. (Plate II.) 



Discoideus; suffrutex c. 1.5-2.5 dm. altus, erectus, glaberrimus; caules 

 multi conferti, infima basi ramosi, ramis ad medium 1-1.55 mm - crassis, 

 simplicibus vel apicem versus pauciramulosis ; folia anguste linearia, sub- 

 erecta, ad 4 cm. longa et 1.5 mm. lata, carnosula, integerrima, acuta, 

 internodiis 1-1.5 cm - longis ; inflorescentia capitulis paucis (3-6) corym- 

 bosa ; pedunculi c. 4 cm. longi, bracteis parvis, setaceis donati ; capitula 

 campanulata, solitaria, c. 9 mm. longa et 9 mm. diam., floribus flavis c. 

 110-120 in quaque capitulo ; squamae involucri uniseriatae, c. 22, lineari- 

 lanceolatae, 0.1-1.2 mm. latae et 6-6.5 mm - longae, marginibus mem- 

 branaceis, in parte superiore serrulatis, apice, integres vel vix sphacelatae ; 

 achaenia glaberrima ; pappus niveus, setis serrulatis c. 7 mm. longis. 



