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which is possibly allied to .N. pedicularifolia, may be considered as an intermediate form 
between this group and the pinnate types. 
38. NororRicHE PHILIPPII A. W. Hill.— Fruticulus depressus, ceespitosus, pulvinatus ; 
caudex subterraneus, lignosus, firmus. Folia rosulata, arcte aggregata; petiolus 
8-10 mm. longus; stipule petiolo paullo supra mediam adnate et cum eo quasi 
vaginam 3 mm. latam formantes, parte libera 3-5 mm. longa acuta uti vagina facie 
et in dorso glabra apice paullo stellata; lamina ambitu pentagona vel rotundato- 
cordata, palmatim 5-fida, circa 6 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata, supra et infra incano- 
puberulento-stellato-t tosa, segmentis palmatifidis, lobis obovatis obtusis integris 
vel lobulatis confertis. Flores ad petiolum medium insidentes. Calyx circa 9 mm. 
longus, ad medium 5-lobus, lobis triangulari-ovatis subacutis extus minute pube- 
rulento-stellato-tomentosis. Corolla in sicco csrulea, 1:0-1:2 em. longa; petala 
obovata, obtusa, basi in tubum 2 mm. longum coalita. Carpella circa 14, matura 
non visa. 
Malvastrum pediculariefolium, Baker fil. in Journ. Bot. xxix. p. 363, partim; Reiche, Fl. Chile, i. 
p. 234, non A. Gray. 
CHILI: Prov. Tarapacá, desertum Atacama, 3200 m., Philippi (Feb. 1888) (Herb. 
Kew.). 
39. NorOTRICHE RUGOSA, A. W. Hill.—Zruticulus depressus, ceespitosus, ssepius pulvina- 
| tus; caudex subterraneus, lignosus, firmus, ramosus. Folia plus minusve rosulata, 
1 aggregata, cinereo-pulverulenta ; petiolus ad 2-5 cm. longus; stipule petiolo circa 
: ad medium adnate et cum eo quasi vaginam membranaceam formantes, parte 
| libera membranacea subulata ad 5 mm. longa uti petiolus facie et in dorso glabra 
ad margines ciliata; lamina palmatim 5-secta vel digitatim lobata, circa 1 cm. 
longa, 1 cm. lata, supra dense pulverulento-stellato-pul , infra medio glabra, 
versus margines dense pulverulento-pubescens, lobis pinnatisectis inciso-crenatis 
erispis. Flores circa ad petiolum medium insidentes. Calyx fere ad medium 
5-lobus, 6-7 mm. longus, tubo glabro, lobis ovato-obtusis 2-25 mm. longis pulveru- 
lento-pubescentibus. Corolla alba vel cerulea, 7-8 mm. longa ; petala obovata, 
basi in tubum 3 mm. longum coalita. Stamina pauca, in caput globosum 
instructa. Carpella matura non visa. 
Malvastrum rugosum, Phil. in Herb. Kew. ined.; Baker fil. in Journ. Bot. xxix. p. 364; Phil. Viaje 
à la Prov. de Tarapacá, p. 9. no. 35. 
Malvastrum pediculariefolium, var. rugosum, Phil.; Reiche, FI. Chile, i. p. 235. 
CHILI : Prov. Tarapacá, Machuca, Philippi (Herb. Kew. ; Herb. Berol.). 
40. NOTOTRICHE ARGYLLIOIDES, A. W. Hill.—Fruticulus depressus, cæspitosus ; caudex 
subterraneus, lignosus, firmus, ramosus. Folia rosulata, incano-pulverulenta; petiolus 
2-4 em. longus, purpureus; stipule petiolo supra medium adnate et cum eo quasi 
vaginam membranaceam formantes, parte libera membranacea lineari-lanceolata 
acuta ad 1 em. longa uti petiolus facie et in dorso glabra ad margines glabra vel 
