278 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



SENECIO VERRUCULOSUS Ok. 



To be deleted, being identical with S. miser Hook, fil., a specimen of 

 S. verniculosus Ok. in Herb, berol., agrees exactly with 5. miser. D. 



S. VIRENS Phil. 



Herbaceous, hairy, erect, simple, 30 cm. high, stem-leaves ovate-oblong, 

 lobed-toothed. Corymb heads calyculate, with 10-12 bractlets; ligules 

 3-6. Achenes hairy. 



N. W. Patagonia, by Rio Palena. 



In Mid-Patagonia; Territory of Chubut, pre-Andine district. 



P. 86 1 : 



ERIACH^NIUM Sch. Bip. 



E. MAGELLANICUM Sch. Bip. 



Also in South Patagonia, near Sta. Cruz Emporium. D. 



P. 861 : 



CIRSIUM Scop. 



C. LANCEOLATUM (L.) Scop. 



Syn. Cardmts lanceolatus L., in Macl., p. 86 1. 



Introduced into S. America ; but so far as I know, it is not found in 

 Patagonia. D. 



P. 86 1, 4 lines from foot, insert: 



CALENDULA Neck. 



C. arvensis Linn, and C. officinalis Linn, occur, according to Spegazzini, 

 in North Patagonia, near Carmen de Patagones ; introduced. 



P. 86 1, add after Calendtila: 



CENTAUREA Linn. 



Achenes compressed ; pappus varying ; involucre imbricated ; florets 

 of disk perfect, of margin neuter, larger, ray-like. 



C. CYANUS Linn. Corn Blue-bottle. 



Scales of involucre with brown toothed margins; rays bright blue. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate entire, the lowest toothed pinnatifid. Pappus 

 pilose, short. 



