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91. Pernettya rigida DC". Skottsij. 3. i6i. 



'riiroii<;h oversight /'. raccDiulosa DC. was not mentioned 1. c, although I 

 had excellent material of tiiis "species". The diagnose says "pedunculis lateralibus 

 ex parte ramorum inferiore ortis ramosis multibracteatis." Sleumkr 1. c. 649 

 refers it to rii^ida without coinnieut, but KalsK[> 2. 168 adds the remark "en 

 muchas muestras se observa pseudo-racinios, en los cuales las hojas adyacentes 

 se veil reducidas al tamaiio de una bractea". The formation of these racemes 

 takes place not onl}- in the lower portion of the shoot. In SKOTJ'Sli. no. ']'] the 

 top of a branch gradually passes into a terminal raceme, in no. 27 pro parte 

 such racemes replace lateral, solitary flowers. /'. raceiiiulosa is a morphological 

 aberration without taxonomic value. 



93. Calystegia tuguriorum R. Br. SKnrT.SB. 3. 162. 



Si Ai'F 1. c. treated this species at some length. He illustrates the Xew 

 Zealand [)lant, leaving undecided whether or not the Chilean C. Hantebtianni 

 Phil, is conspecific. The woody stem in this cannot, I suppose, prevent us from 

 uniting them, if no other differences are found; besides, I am not sure that it is 

 strict!}' herbaceous in Xew Zealand. I have not seen the fruit of Hantelmanni. 

 PlIILiri'i's description fits the New Zealand plant well; however, he calls the 

 corolla lobes short, while Staff describes the corolla as divided to 1/4 — 1/2. The 

 specimens I had occasion to see showed considerable variation in this respect. 



94. Selkirkia Berteroi (Colla) Hemsl. Skottsb. 3. 163, 8. 362. 



Add Masatierra: south face of Co. Damajuana, fi. 26/10 1935, Bock iio! 



95. Rhapithamnus venustus (Phil.) B. L. Robinson in Proc. Amer. Acad. 

 51 (19 16) 531. R. venustus (Phil.) Skottsb. 3. 163. — I had not observed that 

 the new combination had already been made by ROBINSON. 



Cuminia Colla. 

 Skottsbergiella Epling; Jolioivia Epling et Looser, see Skottsb. ii. 



97. C. eriantha Benth. Skottsb. 3. 165. 



Epling 2. 169 suppressed C. eriantha, but his discussion shows that he did 

 not consult my papers, and he does not quote them. I have studied this genus 

 in nature, and even if slightly hirtellous specimens of C. fernandezia were seen 

 occasionally, I did not find it difficult to distinguish two species. JOHOW was 

 quite positive on this point: "Reunir, como lo cree posible Hemsley, la C. fer- 

 nandezia i la C. eriantha en una sola especie seria a mi juicio un error gra- 

 vi'simo" (I.e. 81). Bentiiam observed only the smaller female flowers; also note 

 figures in DC. Prodr. XII. 258. 



Epling's statement with regard to the mode of occurrence of Cuminia is 

 not in accordance with the localities I have cited. 



98. Solanum fernandezianum Phil. Skottsb. 3. 165, 8. 362. 



Add Masatierra: Plazuela del Yunque, fl. 23/11 1935, Bock no. 3! 



