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in the smaller achenes with their very short beak. The achene of L. Harioti 

 is more like that in L. petiolata Hook f. (fig. 28 p-q). Both pumila and petio- 

 lata come from New Zealand. All the species in question form one small 

 natural group. 



The type material of L. Harioti was out of flower: Alhoff describes 

 these as light rose-coloured. In the plant from Masafuera the colour varies 

 from white to rose, turning ± crimson with age. 



I have seen L. Harioti (determined as hirsuta or sometimes nudicaulis) 

 from the following stations: Fuegia, He Clarence, Sholl Bay, Hariot 15 / 5 1883 

 (type); Ushuaia, in pratis alpinis n /3 1902, SKOTTSBERG no. 151 ; Chile, Cord. 

 Linares, 2200 m, Jan. 1897, Reiciie; Cord, of Rio Manso, 900— 1 400 m, Feb. 

 1896, Reiciie; Cord, of Chilian, 2000 m, Jan 1895, Reiche. 



Area of distribution: Andes of South Chile to Fuegia; Masafuera. 



Erigeron L. 



In the large collections of Santiago, Kew etc. I have not met with any near 

 relatives of the island species. It is noteworthy that not one of the numerous 

 alpine species, described from Chile by PHILIPPI, seems to be related to the 

 new forms from the mountains of Masafuera. In order to get the opinion of a 

 specialist, I asked Professor VlERHAPPER to examine my material and to compare 

 my new species with the collections in the Vienna museums, what he most 

 willingly did. He thinks, and here I quite agree with him, that all the island 

 species, in spite of their different habit, are related to each other; E. rupicola 

 is very unlike the rest, but the principles of its morphology are the same as 

 in the others. Professor VlERHAPPER mentions the following species as more or 

 less related to the insular forms: E. Icpidotus Less. (Hawaii), spiculosus Hook, 

 et Am. (Chile), liliginosus Benth. (Columbia) and hctcromorphus Rob. (Mexico). 

 HEMSLEY compared E. fruticosus (Juan Fernandez) with E. Darrellianus Hemsl. 

 (Bermuda). Prof. VlERHAPPER adds: »Als besonders wichtiges gemeinsames 

 Merkmal erscheint mir die ± tiefe Serratur der Blatter, die z. B. bei spiculosus 

 genau so ist, bei lepidotus allerdings nicht, der aber dafiir sonst dem fruticosus 

 sehr nahe zu stehen scheint». 



118. E. fruticosus DC. -- Johow, Estud. 51; Skottsberg, Stud. 4. — 

 Fig. 29 a— c. 



Masatierra: Rocky and stony ground on the high ridges or near the sea, 

 also in the dry western parts of the island, but not reported from the eastern 

 section. North-east corner of El Yunque, c. 580 m; V. Colonial, C. Central on 

 the crest, 570 m (also Johow); Cave no. 6, one specimen; Portezuelo de Vil- 

 lagra (also observed by Johow), 500—600 m, not uncommon (fi. 3 /i2 16, no. 9); 

 Q. del Monte Maderugo. road-side in the macal, 240 m, two specimens; C. 

 Salsipuedes, c. 600 m (fi. 8 /i2 16, no. 73); between La Vaquerfa and O. Juanango, 

 rather abundant; south slope of Co Tres Puntas; C. de las Cabras, 380 m; 13. 

 Chupones, among rocks in the grass (fl. 5 /i 17, no. 255). 



