20 6 CARL SKOTTSBERG 



Masafuera: on the high ridges and in the alpine region, scattered and 

 often associated with ferns. — Edge of western precipice above Buque Varado, 

 c. 1250 m; Las Torres, 1370 m, rare; near the Correspondencia Camp 850 — 

 1 130 m, stray specimens (no. 570); C. Atravesado, c. 1300 m, rare; C. del Barril, 

 925 m, many specimens on the steep slope of the Vacas gorge; east slope of 

 Los Inocentes, 740— 950, also observed growing on Dicksonia. 



A most noticeable plant, the second species of the hitherto monotypic 

 subgen. Phoenicoseris, not so tall as pinnata, but more robust than this and 

 with different leaves. In a way these resemble the leaves of var. insig)iis, as 

 the pinnae lack the basal segment characteristic of pinnata proper, but otherwise 

 they are, of course, easy to distinguish from the variety and are known by 

 their size, laciniated margins and auricles. Unfortunately, not a single specimen 

 flowered or was going to bloom, and not one dead tree with an old inflore- 

 scence was ever seen, so that the species cannot have flowered recently. The 

 seedling has simple, cordate-reniform leaves, just as in D. pinnata. 



Area of distribution: Endemic in Masafuera. 



139. D. neriifolia (Dene) Hook, et Arn. — JOHOW. Estud. 69. 



Masatierra: Bektero no. 1499! Herb. Kew; leg. 1830, mart, flor.; val- 

 leys between Pto Frances and El Pangal, especially south of El Rabanal 

 (Johow!). 



According to JOHOW this occurs »con bastante frecuencia» south of Raba- 

 nal. Much to our regret we never found it, in spite of a regular hunt in all 

 directions over the tract indicated by JOHOW; undoubtedly it is very local and 

 JOHOW had good luck when he discovered it. We saw nothing but D. micrantJia 

 in these parts; it occurs here below the forest line in a stunted, narrow-leaved 

 form, sometimes recalling neriifolia, but the leaves are thinner and the venation 

 is different. The head is of about the same appearance in both, but with very 

 few (7 — 8) scales in neriifolia. The flowers are very much the same. 



Area of distribution: Endemic in Masatierra. 



140. D. micrantha (Bert, et Dene) Hook, et Arn. — JOHOW, Estud. 68. 

 - Fig. 39 a — c - 



Masatierra: Common in the east and central parts, from Pto Frances to 

 Co Chumacera, in forests and thickets, especially higher up on the slopes of 

 the valleys and on the dividing ridges, 400 — 600 m; also in the denser forests 

 on steep slopes, but never seen in the high forest along the bottom of the 

 valleys. In the eastern section, from Pto Frances to Pangal, it forms a conspi- 

 cuous feature in the shubberies below the lower limit of the woods, where also 

 the maqui is common. Here the trees are smaller, the leaves smaller and 

 more firm and their edge generally quite entire; the inflorescence too, is smaller, 

 but otherwise there seems to be no material difference, so I think we may 

 explain this lowland form as a local adaption to the dry, sunny stations. — 

 Small buds x \\ I 7» n o. 1236; fl. 19 /3 17, no. 567; fr. 28 / 3 17, no. 581, n /4 17, 

 no. 1237, 17 /4 17, no. 618. 



The head is about 9 mm high and 10 mm across, the funnel-shaped in- 

 volucre 5 mm high and 4 mm across, composed of c. 11 scales. The flower 



