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original specimen from Ruiz & Pavon in the National Herbarium, 
but has the panicle rather broader 
Escallonia Britteniana, ati nov. Frutex ramis oak: 
glabrescentibus, parce glandulosis, so ordide stramineis, densiu oli- 
versus integris), nervo medio tantum subtus prominulo; racemis 
foliosis, sepe 5—7-floris, ramulos terminantibus ; pedicellis brevibus 
lanceolatis, glabris ; sm hi Vix glandu oso, tubo lato ecostato, 
ee triangularibus acutis subequante ; petalis erectis calyce plus 
triplo Spaplortetis, Vinoati-spathalatia, fimsbo fed urvato; disco cupuli- 
forme, crenato ; stylo integro, fructu glabro subequante ; ; stigmate 
capitato, bilobo. 
. Leaves, including the short petiole, 2-2°3 cm. long when full- 
sized, by 1c a little more in breadth, densely arranged on the 
short altimate ah ts, becoming much narrower, oblanceolate to 
linear- gen ins in the leafy raceme. Pedicel 2-3 mm., bracte- 
oles 3- alyx, including the teeth, about 3°5 mm. 
— petals ‘12 mm. long, including the claw (8 mm.), barely 
m. broad towards the apex. Stamen, including anther, about 
1 eh, long, style slightly shorter 
ow slopes, Punta Bandera, Mt. Buenos Aires. 
Near er Chilian species E. alpina Poepp. (with which it was 
compared in the original list), which it apparently resembles in 
habit, but is is distinguished by the very glabrous leaves, and the 
er flower 
- have ares the species after my Sov oe Mr. Britten, who 
shared in the preparation of the original list of Mr. Prichard’s 
plants, and has made many helpful canal in the course of 
their nore detailed elaboration. 
Rises cuneirotium Ruiz & Pavon, Fl. Per. Chil. ii. 13. 
Wild currant. Valleys and low hill- sides, Heswoatekor Peninsula. 
ili. 
: 
Gum MagEeLLantcum Comm. ex Pers. Ench. ii. 57; Hook. f. Fi. 
Antarct. 262, excl. synonym 
Slopes, Punta Bandera ; Me Buenos Aires. 
South Patagonia; Fueg 
Mr. Prichard’s ae ‘differs from the plants collected at 
Success Bay by Banks & Solander, and at Port Famine by Captain 
King, in its short, less interrupted leaves, which are about 11 cm. 
the at measuring over 3 aig acr 
PorenTILLA ANSERINA L. Sp. 1, 495. 
Swamps in open Se of Cat on mountain side. 
Chili. Widely spread. 
_ AcHNA ADSCENDENS 5 Vabl, Enum. i. 297; Hook.f. ae Antarct. 268; 
Dusén 1 in Svensk. Exp. Magellanslind. ii. no. 5, 1 
