THE PHANEROGAMS OF THE JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS 187 



122. E. rupicola Phil. -- JOHOW, Estud. 51. -- Fig. 31 h— k. 



Masafuera: Germain! without locality. -- Common on the coast rocks: 

 between Q. del 6valo and Q. del Pasto; entrance to Q. del Mono (beg. fl. 10 / 2 

 17, no. 417 b); between Q. de las Casas and Q. de las Vacas (beg. fl. 10 l5 /a 17, 

 no. 417); Q. Angosta, in the canyon; Q. del Varadero (fl. 12 / 3 17, no. 514b); 

 Rodado del Sandalo, abundant in places (fl. 17 / 2 17, no. 514); Q. de la Loberfa, 

 not uncommon. Seen once only in the alpine region, west of Q. Sanchez, 

 1 100 m, one specimen (fl. 25 /-j 17, no. 541). 



Of this peculiar plant only one small and incomplete specimen existed 

 before, viz. the type in Herb. Santiago, so JoiIOW believed that it was a very 

 rare species, while in reality it is quite common in many places on the coast 

 cliffs. As the description of PHILIPPI is incomplete, I shall add the following 

 notes. 



The morphology is the same as in the other species without a trunk; 

 there is a stout, woody primary root of the multiceps type; the stems are 

 woody, profusely branched, more or less prostrate, forming dense mats. The 

 upper part of the flowering shoots dies in the autumn, while te base persists 

 and carries innovations. The leaves are mainly basal but seldom so densely 

 rosulate as in the others; they are long spathulate, entire, very obtuse, fleshy 

 and perfectly glabrous, but otherwise rather variable in outline, 3— 7 mm broad 

 and about 2 — 4 cm long, of which about one half belongs to the petiole. The 

 upper leaves are reduced to bracts. The branches end in a terminal head; 

 numerous lateral ones are developed in the axils of the upper leaves, borne on 

 very long, filiform pedicels with some leaves below and bracts above; sometimes 

 these leaves support a third generation of heads. As a rule, the pedicels are 

 glabrous; the upper part, however, slightly pilose in no. 541. Often enough all 

 the branches are abbreviated; if elongated, they are prostrate — ascending and 

 rise a few cm only above the ground. The head measures 7 mm across, the 

 involucre is 4,5 mm high and 5 mm wide, the scales 4 — 4,5 mm long, glabrous, 

 the outer setulose near the tip, the others quite glabrous with scariose denticu- 

 late margin. The $ flower measures 7, the £ 5 mm. The achenes are typical, 

 1,5 mm long, hispid along the thickened margin and on the flat surface. Pappus 

 2 — 2,5 mm. 



Area of distribution: Endemic in Masafuera. 



Gnaphalium L. 



123. G. spiciforme Sch. Bip. -- Syn. G. spicatum Lam. var., Skotts- 

 BERG, Stud. 5. — Fig. 31 1 — m. 



Masafuera: In the alpine region, apparently rare; first found by the 

 writer in 1908. Co Correspondencia, c. 1350 m (past fl.-fr. 15 /2 — b U 17, no. 414); 

 C. del Barril, 1290 m. 



The determination of this plant remains uncertain. Anybody familiar 

 with the present state of confusion in the genus will understand the difficulty 

 of classifying a species belonging to the purpurewn assemblage. It is not G. 

 spicatum; this wide-spread species has been introduced to Juan Fernandez and 



