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other. I have seen Germain's plant and I have collected the same species in 

 several places in 191 7. The form I found in 1908 was, however, not this, but 

 a very scabrous one, more like the true H. erecta; it was mentioned in my 

 account as var. scabra. I have found it in many places in 19 17, in flower and 

 fruit. It stands very near erecta, but must be kept separate. 



Thus, H. erecta does not occur in Juan Fernandez, but is replaced by 

 three different species. On the other hand, it seems that II erecta of New 



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Fig. 17. a — e Hahrrhagis erecta, cult.: a leaves, nat. size, b bud, X 6,6, c sepal and d petal, 



X 20, e fruits, X 6,6. f— g H. erecta leg. Cheeseman: f leaf, nat. size; g fruits, X 6,6. h fruits 



ol H. Cotensoi and i of H. cartilaginea, X 6,6. 



Zealand comprises two distinct plants. Murray described a scabrid plant with 

 alate fruits (see fig. 17 a — g). In Herb. Kew I saw specimens of this kind col- 

 lected by Forster, Cunningham, Buchanan, J. D. Hooker, Cheeseman a. o. 

 FoRSTER's specimens are less scabrous than the rest. But under the same 

 name was a smooth form collected by CoLENSO, with small, barely alate fruits, 

 recalling my H. masatierrana in habitus, but differing in the shape and size of 

 the fruit (see fig. 17 h). I have called this H. Colensoi. 



H. cartilaginea Cheesem., later reduced to a variety of H. erecta (Man. 

 X. Z. Flora 148) was justly reestablished by SCHINDLER. It seems to be 



