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Fig. 23. a apex of shoot of Eri^eron friiticosiis in August. Nat. size. — b innovation of Cheno- 

 podium nesodendron in February. Nat. size. — c seedling of the same. Nat. size. 



Selkirkia Berteroi (Colla) Hemsl. Boraginaceae. Confined to Masatierra and 

 only on the high ridges around Bahia Cumberland between 400 and 600 m above 

 sea-level; very few individuals seen in each of the few localities. "A shrub, 1 — 2 m 

 tall" (Johow), but Selkirkia is a miniature tree, seldom over i m high, with a 

 short main stem i — 4 cm thick; bark dull brown, longitudinally striate. Flowers 

 early, past flowering in middle December. Inflorescence terminal on branches two 

 years old and several dm long with internodes of about i cm, second years' 

 growth still leaf-bearing and with a number of open, silky buds. This stage 

 corresponds to Hemsley's PI. 57. End of January the innovations were about i dm 

 long and leafless up to the terminal rosette, surrounded by a number of withered 

 leaves. 



Chenopodimn Sanctae Clarae Johow. Endemic on Santa Clara, almost confined 

 to the small islet Morro del Spartan. A miniature tree 1/2 to i m tall with a 

 main stem about 30 cm long and "as a thick as a man's arm " according to Johow^; 

 I cannot remember having seen it as thick as that. Leaves crowded toward the 

 end of the branches; panicle terminal. Specimens collected 26.1. 191 7 bore old 

 dry panicles. Collected by Johow with flowers in June. 



Chejwpodium crusoeanum Skottsb. Discovered in a single locality on Masatierra, 

 growing on the perpendicular canyon wall in Pangal, 220 m above sea-level. Of 

 the same habit as the former but smaller, barely 1/2 m tall; stem and primary 

 branches about i cm thick. With flowers and fruit i.i. 191 7. PI. 1 1, this vol. no. 7. 



Che7iopodium nesodendron Skottsb. Endemic on Masafuera, on open, grassy 

 slopes in the forest region at about 500 m, and in a gorge on the west side at 

 300 m above sea-level. Very rare, undoubtedly due to the ravages of the goats. 

 A dwarf tree with a distinct main stem to 2.8 m long and 11 mm thick near the 



