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MR. HESKETH PRICHARD'S PATAGONIAN PLANTS. 
By A. B. Renpuz, M.A., D.Se. 
(Concluded from p. 334.) 
ScypHantuus ELEGANS D. Don in Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. i. 
238. 
Low slopes, Mt. Buenos Aires. 
Bo 
um patagonicum, sp.nov. Planta glaberrima glau- 
fe a a florifera solum adest), caule erecto lignescente ramoso, 
ramis ascendentibus, internodiis lineis vix eleva tis interdum pur- 
pureo-tinctis e foliorum basibus notatis; foliis alternis, sed subopposite 
approximatis, rariter oppositis, vel ternatim confertis, sessilibus, 
siccis papyraceis, anguste ies oP acutis, basi angustata, nervo 
gu > 
medio solum prominente, margine cum denticulis purpureis parvis 
suliltqacnis ae munita; ala ba: atris — is, purpureis; floribus 
corymbosis, pedicellatis, ‘sepalis lanceolatis, purpur ureo-tinctis, petalis 
circa 4+ longioribus, roseo-purpureis, oboemialal stigmate late ob- 
longo; capsulis elongatis, purpurascentibus; seminibus papillosis, 
ellipsoideis, basi angustatis, apice pene truuctatis, haud appendicu- 
latis. 
The specimens consist only of the upper flowering portion of the 
plant about 20 em. long, the hollow stem narrowin g = ards eer 
diameter of about 3 mm. Leaves reaching 3 cm. long ow 6-7 m 
broad, Flower-stalks about 1 em. long, sepals 6 cor agate 8-9 mm. 
long, a little over 5 mm. broad. The broad flattened oblong stigma 
1-5 mm. long by 1 mm. broad. Capsule 5-5 cm. long, esol about 
1:5 em. feaiins (not including the oak hair tuft) 1 mm. lon 
Low slopes, Punt 
most feos og allied species is BEES DIY 0 os Haenkeanum 
n. (Monogr. Gattung Valsiews , 268, t. sit 
whic Fs differs in its very glabrous "harictee. guiadiee narrower 
leaves, darker-coloured flowers, and longer and longer-stalked 
OTHERA oporaATA Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. iii. 3, t. 456. 
Mout ain slopes and low 
The specimen labelled ‘ ‘mountain slopes’’ is very hairy, and has 
etals 13 in. long; that from the low slopes is glabrescent, with 
much smaller flowers, ee petals barely 3 in. long. 
Pataponint Chili ; 
Fucusia MACROSTEMA hae & Pavon, Fl. Peru & Chili, iii. 88, 
Hiepuris vurearts L. Sp. Pl. 4; Hook.f. Fl. Antaret. 272. 
sparing water (locality not given). 
Wily distributed in the north temperate zone. 
