464 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



linear-spatulate, 6 times as long as the calyx-limb ; their claws forming 

 a tube. 



S. Patagon., valley of Rio Gallegos (Nordenskj.). 



9. ESCALLONIA RUBRA PerS. 



Glabroiis; branches erect, the younger glandular-villous. Leaves 

 obovate-oblong, acuminate, serrate, resin-dotted underneath. Peduncles 

 2-y-flowered, terminal, bracted. Calyx-lobes toothed. Petals spatulate, 

 red, only their tips spreading. (Fig. in Engl. & Prantl, iii. 2a, p. 84.) 



(Chili; Argentina); Chubut (Speg.) ; S. and W. Patagon. (C. Reiche 

 and F. Philippi, Flora de Chile, III., include in E. rubra Pers. 5 Chilian 

 forms which have been described as separate species, viz., uniflora, poep- 

 pigiana, multiflora, albiflora, glutinosa.} 



10. E. SERRATA Smith. 



Small glabrous shrub, with clustered leaves, which are obovate or spatu- 

 late, obtuse, serrate, veinless below, except the midrib. Flowers solitary, 

 terminal ; calyx-lobes triangular-acute. Petals oblong, linguaeform. 



Patagon., E. and W. Magell., to Cape Horn. 



ii. E. ULIGINOSA Phil. (O. Ktze. sub Cynoglossum}. 



Rather glabrous. Stems elongate, procumbent, branching. Leaves 

 linear, sparsely appressed-setulose. Racemes elongate. Pedicels at 

 length equalling the hispid calyx. Corolla milky, 6 mm. diam. 



(Chili, Colchagua.) 



12. E. VIRGATA Pers. (E. stricta Rem.) 

 Leaves obovate-spatulate, serrulate. Peduncles subterminal, i -flowered. 



Calyx toothed, the teeth acute, marginally glandular. Petals obovate. 



The older branches, becoming defoliated, resemble spines. 



(Chili); S. Patagon., by Lago Argentine; Cordillera; Chubut, in 



mountain shrubberies. 



7. RIBES Linn. Gooseberry, Currant. 



Shrubs, with alternate, lobed leaves, and 4-5-merous flowers, t\\z petals 

 and 4-5 stamens perigynous. Ovary i -celled, becoming a berry, crowned 

 by the persistent calyx. Styles 2, these sometimes branched. 



