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6. GALIUM FORSTERI Phil. 



Annual? Low, glabrous, sparsely scabrid here and there; stem fili- 

 form, branching. Leaves in 4's, rarely 6's, spatulate-linear, obtuse. 

 Peduncles axillary, equalling the leaf, solitary, i-3-flowered. Fruits 

 rather large, smooth. 



Height 6 cm.; internodes slightly longer than the leaves, which are 6 

 mm. long. 



Magellan. 



7. G. FUEGIANUM Hook. f. 



Annual (?), glabrous. Stem suberect, branching, glabrous. Leaves in 

 4's, elliptic-oblong, 8 mm. long, acute, obscurely 3-nerved, margins 

 scaberulous, upper ones hispidulous. Peduncles terminal, in 3's, i- 

 flowered, very short when flowering, in fruit strong and long. Fruits 

 hispid-pilose. 



"Approaching G. triflorum, but differing by the quaternate leaves, and 

 the invariably simple peduncles." (J. D. Hooker.) 



Magellan ; Fuegia. 



8. G. LEUCOCARPUM DC. 



Stem diffuse, tetragonal, smooth, branching. Leaves in whorls of 4, 

 linear, mucronate, glabrous. Pedimcles axillary, solitary, opposite, i- 

 flowered, short. Fruit glabrous, cream-colored. 



(Peru; Chili); S. and W. Patagon., by Lago Nahuel-huapi. (Dusdn.) 



9- G. MAGELLANICUM Hook. f. 



Perennial ? Stem suberect, sparingly branching, minutely hispidulous at 

 the angles. Leaves in 5's, linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, with re- 

 curved, scaberulous margins. Peduncles axillary, mostly solitary and 2- 

 flowered, rarely paired and i -flowered. Flowers largish. Fruit glabrous. 



Stems 7 cm. high. "The largest flowered of the Antarctic Gallia." (J. 

 D. Hooker.) 



Patagon., Magellan, Cabo Negro; near Rio Chubut (here taller, less 

 scapose, the peduncles i-4-flowered) ; Fuegia, at Ushuaia (here with weak 

 stems, often glabrous, leaves cuneate-lanceolate, mucronate, and peduncles 

 i -flowered). 



IO. G. NIGRICANS C10S. 



Suberect, rather robust, branching, scabrous, with tetragonal stems. 

 Leaves 6-7 in the whorl, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, with 



