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Fig. 4. Hydrotherm figure for Punta Lavapie, coast of Chile. For explanation, see fig. 3. 



the mainland, but we have every reason to beUeve that observations made 300 m 

 above Punta Lavapie would register lower temperatures than at Centinela. But 

 even if the rainfall be the same or greater, a combination between temperature 

 and precipitation as favourable as in Juan Fernandez, an island refuge for a flora 

 of bygone ages, is, I daresay, not to be found in Chile. It goes without saying 

 that no inland station offers itself for comparison. With regard so Masafuera, 

 the climate of the highland above the timber-line, to judge from the character 

 of the flora, may be supposed to approach that of West Patagonia and the hills 

 of Chiloe. 



