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observed by Johow); Pto Ingles; Tres Puntas (Johow); B. del Padre (fl.-fr. 

 1B /i 17. no - 2 96); Co Negro (fl.-fr. 7 /i 17, nos. 262, 266); Pta Larga; Tierras 

 Blancas (fl. 6 /« J 7> BAckstrOm no. 1208). 



Santa Clara, also observed by Johow; Morro de los Alelfes (fl. 26 /i 17, 

 no. 349). 



var. polyphylla (Phil.) Skottsb. 



Masatierra: Philippi! Reed! 



Masafuera: Germain! — Scattered along the coast from B. Tolten (fr. 

 2 /2 17, no. 470) to Playa Ancha; common at the Casas entrance (fl.-fr. 16 /2 17, 

 no. 387); Q. del Varadero (fl. la /a 17, no. 569). — Variable in habit, but generally 

 densely pubescent. 



var. glaberrima nov. var. — Humilis, luteoviridis tota glaberrima, folia 

 carnosa sat lata, mucronata, subpungentia, stipulis interpetiolaribus late triangu- 

 latis apice ± laceratis; inflorescentia compacta foliosa; petala alba; capsula 

 interdum sepalis paulo longior; semina parce tuberculata— sublaevia. 



Masafuera: entrance to the Casas Valley (fl.-fr. 10 /a 17, no. 411). 



Area of distribution of 5. confertiflora: Central Chile; Juan Fernandez. 



Paronychia L. 



54. P. chilensis DC. — Johow, Estud. 118. 



Masatierra: barren slopes in the west part of V. Colonial, rare (fr. Dec. 

 1916, no. 15); the treeless western slopes of the island (Sohrens). 



Remarkably enough this plant escaped the attention of all earlier visitors 

 except one; still, it may not be of recent introduction. 



Area of distribution: Chile, Coquimbo to Valdivia; Masatierra. 



*Ranunculaceae. 

 Ranunculus L. 



*55. R. caprarum nov. spec. — Fig. 8. 



Erectus, villosus, ad 0,75 m altus. Rhizoma sat breve, crassum, ramosum. 

 Folia basalia latissime vaginantia, longissime petiolata; lamina crasse chartacea, 

 obscure viridis, supra adpresse pilosa, subtus praecipue secus nervos longius 

 sericeo-villosa, nervis reticulato-palmatis subtus , versus basin valde incrassatis, 

 ambitu cordato- vel reniformiorbicularis, subpeltata, fere ad basin tripartita; 

 lacinia centralis late cuneato-oblonga vel suborbicularis, ± distincte lateque 

 petiolulata, ima basi cuneata, ad X U — V3 trilobata, lobis ± profunde lobulatis, 

 lobulis dentato-serratis; laciniae laterales rectangulato-semiorbiculares, subses- 

 siles, basi late cuneatae et integrae, ceterum inciso-lobatae, lobulatae nee non 

 dentatae; petiolus costato-striatus, patente, longe nee non sat dense villosus, 

 crassus; vagina subglabra vel extus ± adpresse pilosa. Folia niajora visa petiolo 

 (cum vagina) 29 — 46 cm longo et circ. 5 mm crasso; vagina circ. 6—9 cm 



