36 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



from Fuegia. The determinations were by Professor Massalongo, of 

 Ferrara, who published an illustrated account 1 of the species collected, 

 describing 27 as new. The second collection was made under the direc- 

 tion of the French "Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn," and was studied 

 by M. Bescherelle, of Paris, and Professor Massalongo. A preliminary 

 paper 2 by these writers described the new species and varieties, and 

 their memoir, 3 published a little later, gave a complete enumeration of 

 the plants in the collection with illustrations of many interesting forms. 

 In their list, which includes a number of species found by Dr. Savatier 

 on the western coast of Patagonia, we find 88 species, of which 12 are 

 considered new. The third collection was made by Dr. Naumann during 

 the voyage of the German ship, the Gazelle. 



Although collected in the years 1875 and 1876, the account of these 

 hepaticse was not published until 1890. They were first studied by Dr. 

 Gottsche, of Altona, who made drawings of the various species collected. 

 He also began but did not finish the work of description, and his notes 

 were afterwards revised and completed by Dr. Schiffner, of Prague, who 

 made use of many of Gottsche's figures in the published account 4 of the 

 collection. Sixty-nine species from the straits of Magellan are included 

 in this enumeration, and, of these, 16 are described as new. 



The present report is based on a collection made by Mr. John B. 

 Hatcher in the years 1896 and 1897, while engaged in geological field 

 work for Princeton University. Nearly all the plants were found either 

 at Lapataia on the southern coast of Fuegia or at Villarino Bay, about a 

 day's journey to the westward of Lapataia, both stations being situated 

 on the Beagle Channel. A very few species came from the Cordilleras of 

 Patagonia. The collection, which numbers 53 species, includes few nov- 

 elties, but is of interest in adding to our knowledge of certain rare and 

 incompletely known forms. 



In the preparation of this paper I am especially indebted to Dr. B. L. 

 Robinson for allowing me access to the Taylor Herbarium, to Herr 



1 Epatiche della Terra del Fuoco raccolte nell'anno 1882 dal Dott. C. Spegazzini. Nuovo 

 Giorn. Bot. Ital. 17: 201-277. //. 12-28. 1885. 



2 Hepaticse novae americanae-australes. Bull, de la Soc. Linn. 626-632, 637-640. 1886. 

 'Hepatiques recoltees par la Mission francaise du Cap Horn au 1882 et 1883. Comptes 



rendus de la Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 5 : 201-252. //. 1-5. 1889. 



4 Lebermoose (Hepaticse) gesammelt auf der Reise S. M. S. Gazelle vorziiglich in der Mag- 

 ellen-Strasse, auf der Malayischen Inseln und Kerguelen-Land, 1-48. //. /-<?. 1890. 



