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CARL SKOTTSBERG 



from O. Piedra Agujereada, c. 500 m, rare; V. Colonial, below Portezuelo, 

 c. 450 m, one large tree in dense forest (fl. V12 16, no. 8) and 570 m, two 

 small plants; C. Central, c. 400 m; Q. Gutierrez, 350-450 m, rare (fl. Via 16, 

 no. 41); Q. Seca, c. 500 m; C. Salsipuedes; mountain ridge west of Co Yunque, 

 530 m; O. Villagra, 500-550 m, scattered (unf. fr. Apr. 17, no. 584); Q. de la 

 Choza, several trees, c. 300 m. 



In Stud. 18 I restored Gay's species, saying that it differs quite as much 

 from serrata as this from lanceolata. This statement is not correct, for the 



island species is very near ser- 

 rata. Of the latter I have seen 

 ample material in Santiago and 

 Kew. We learn from the original 

 description (Bot. I. 196), that A. 

 fernandeziana has membranous 

 leaves and a fruit twice as long 

 as the calyx, while A. serrata 

 has coriaceous leaves and the 

 fruit three to four times as long 

 as the calyx. The only notable 

 difference in Steudel's descrip- 

 tion (Flora 1856, 421) is the 

 glabrous calyx in the former, 

 but the calyx is hairy in both. 

 Reiche tried to distinguish the 

 island form by the broad, thin 

 leaves; JOHOW adds that the berries are pure white, while, in A. serrata. they 

 are blue and glaucous. I have not seen any quite ripe fruits of A. fernandeziana, 

 but all I have are very dark, and I doubt they would have turned white, had 

 they been left to ripen. 



The species is upheld with hesitation. Certainly there are differences (see 

 fig. 15); the leaves are thinner (but not broader, nor are the stipules larger), 

 the pubescence of the stem and peduncles is denser, the sepals 2,5 — 3 mm long 

 against 1,5—2 in serrata, the anthers a trifle larger, the style shorter, 3,5 mm 

 against 4—5 in the other. 



Area of distribution: Endemic in Masatierra. 



Fig. 15. Flower and sepals of a Azara fernandeziana 

 b A. serrata. X >• 



Myrtaceae. 

 Uglli Turcz. 



76. U. Selkirkii (Hook, et Arn.) Berg. — Joiiow, Estud. 91. 



Masatierra: Common on the highest ridges above the forest, associated 

 with Pernettya rigida but much more scarce than this. C. Centinela, 500— 800 m; 

 ridges of Co Damajuana, large shrubs (fl. 2 7i 17, no. 352); V. Colonial, C. Central, 

 450—570 m; Portezuelo de Viilagra, the steep slope of Co Piramide, 575—600 m 

 (buds 22 /i 17, fl. 31 /i 17, no. 329); C. Salsipuedes, 500—700 m. 



Area of distribution: Endemic in Masatierra. 



