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Fig. 6. Two solitary trees oi Nothomyrcia fernandeziana in a deforested valley. 



Photo K. Backstrom. 



young shoots, which develop in late summer, start with 2 — 3 pair of reduced, 

 almost scale-like leaves, becoming separated by prolonged internodes. Young 

 leaves soft, crimson-coloured. The terminal and axillary inflorescences are developed 

 in great profusion from August to November. The apex of the vegetative shoots 

 not producing a panicle appears to die at the end of the growth season. 



Myrceugenia Schuhei Johow, "Luma". Myrtaceae. Replaces Nothomyrcia in 

 Masafuera and extends from about 200 to about 800 m above sea-level. A fairly 

 large tree (PI. 107:2), reaching a height of 15 — 20 m in favourable situations 

 and a stem thickness of 40 — 50 cm (60 according to Johow). Bark light gray, 

 squamulose, 2 — 3 mm thick. Leaves of very variable size and thickness, to 6 cm 

 long and ± glabrous in the closed forest, barely 1.5 — 2.5 cm long, thicker, firmer 

 and covered underneath with a fluffy, golden and caducous tomentum in open, 

 sunny situations. Buds naked but densely hirsute (Fig. 8 a) as are the young 

 branches; observed resting in August, 1908, and in Feb. — March, 191 7, so that 

 it seems that the autumn and winter is the growth season. Flowers during the 

 summer, much later than Nothomyrcia (PI. 107: 2). 



Drimys confertifolia Phil., "Canelo". Winteraceae. One of the commonest 

 trees in both islands, ranging through the entire wooded section of Masatierra, where 

 it reaches the summit and also clings to the exposed ridges where few other 

 trees will grow; on Masafuera rarely descending below 500 m and as a rule 

 forming the tree limit in looo — iioo m with 1200 as the highest station observed. 

 As Johow remarks it is less abundant on this island. A medium-sized tree, 8 — 12 m 



