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T. NIVALIS ANGUSTIFOLIA Neger. 



Leaves narrower than in the type. 

 E. Fuegia. (Br. Ansorge.) 



5. T. PULCHELLA Speg. 



Pallid green, glabrous, Leaves synanthous, plane, rather obtuse, equal- 

 ling or exceeding the narrower scapes. Spathes scarcely connate-sub- 

 tubular at base, bipartite ; lobes broad-ovate, subobtuse, slightly albescent. 

 Flowers solitary or geminate, sessile, erect, tube ovate-inflated, beautifully 

 dark-violaceous, apically 5~lobed ; the lobes arcuate-reflexed, fleshy, con- 

 colorous, nearly a half shorter. 



W. Patagon., in the higher hills near Rio Aysen. 



4. ASTELIA Banks & Sol. 



Rhizome short, thick ; stem leafy at base, supporting paniculate racemes 

 of small, polygamo-dicecious flowers. Perianth campanulate, its leaves 

 united below. Ovary i -celled ; ovules numerous. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent. 



Species 9, in Pacific Is., N. Zeal., Tasm., Austral., and Antarc. Amer. 

 (Fig. in Eng. & Prantl, ii, 5, p. 75.) 



A. PUMILA R. Br. 



Leaves lanceolate, rigid, glabrous on both sides, 3-nerved, serrulate at 

 apex. Pedtmcles i -flowered, very short, \hzfloiuers 

 inconspicuous, faintly sweet-scented (Fig. 54). 



Falklands ; Fuegia to Cape Horn, abundant, form- 

 ing most of the peat ; W. Magellan, at Puerto An- 

 gusto (Dusen) ; Staaten I. 



FIG. 54. 



5. CALLIXENE Juss. (1789). (Ltizuriaga Ruiz. 

 & Pav. 1798; Enargea Banks.) 



Glabrous, branching shrub, with subsessile, promi- 

 nently 3-many-nerved leaves, and white axillary 

 Hoovers on slender pedicels. Perianth-leaves not 

 united, spreading, subequal, nerveless, spotted. 

 Berry subglobose, 3-celled, with few pallid seeds. (Eng. & Prantl, ii, 5, 

 p. 86.) 



Species 3, Chili, and the following. 



Astelia pumila. Flower. 



