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brous, except the apex. Perigonium 5 times exceeding the bracts, outside 

 appressed villous-silky, inside glabrous. 



S. Patagon., in wet places by Rio Chico, at Chonk-aike. 



2. ARJONA ADPRESSA Phil. 



Densely arachnoid woolly. Leaves lanceolate, 3-nerved, the lower dis- 

 tant, subreflexed, the upper appressed, mostly imbricate. Flowers? 

 Titbercles edible. 



W. Patagon., along Rio Aysen, in rocky mountain meadows. 



3. A. LONGIFOLIA Phil. 



Stem sulcate-striate, its apex naked, villous. Leaves rigid, rather dis- 

 tant, long-linear, nervous, glabrous. Perigonial \x$Q& 12 mm. long, twice 

 as long as the ovate, short bract. 



(Mendoza); Chubut, in hills near Rio Carren-leofu. 



4. A. PATAGONICA Homb. & Jacq. (A. tuberosa v. patagonica DC.) 



Strict, erect, simply branching. Lowest leaves ovate, y-nerved; the 

 others lanceolate, 5-nerved ; all with a rigid point. Perianth pilose inside, 

 with pencils ; lobes apically callous, glabrous inside. Bracts half shorter 

 than the perianth-tube. Leaves shorter than in A. tuberosa, deficient 

 downwards. 



(Bahia Blanca) ; N. Patagon.; Punta Arenas; Fuegia; S. Patagon. 

 (at Rio Coy, J. B. Hatcher, Dec. 30, 1896. "No tuberosity on roots." 

 None should be expected at the date.). Spanish name "Macachina." 

 Araucanian, "Sakel." "In winter one or more tubers are developed; 

 these are eaten, raw or cooked. Southwards this is replaced by a differ- 

 ent species with larger and thinner tubers." (Claraz per J. Ball. ) 



5. A. PUSILLA Hook. f. 



Stem slender, erect, simple or divided. Leaves flaccid, generally re- 

 curved, long-linear, acuminate, the margins glabrous, i -nerved. Flowers 

 few, the outer bract large, cymbiform, obtuse, glabrate ; the calyx exter- 

 nally silky, its throat enlarged between the stamens, with fascicles of 

 jointed hairs. Stigmas 3, small. 



S. Patagon., at Killik Aike, and Rio Coy (J. B. Hatcher, Dec. 13. 

 "White to purplish.") Magellan, E., N. and S. Fuegia (Dusen); by 

 Rio Chubut. 



