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Empetraceae. 



Empetrum L. 



*73. E. rubrum Vahl. 



Masafuera: On the top of Los Inocentes, c. 1500 m (no. 379). 



An important addition to the magellanic element. Only one large and 

 very old shrub had been discovered when the impenetrable mountain fog closed 

 upon us and forced us to abandon the summit. The specimen was without 

 flower or fruit, but the leaves are quite like those of E. rubrum, such as I have 

 collected it in many places in the south. 



Area of distribution: Cordillera of Valdivia to Fuegia and the Falkland 

 Islands. 



Rhamnaceae. 

 Colletia Comm. 



74. C. spartioides Bert, ex Colla. — JOHOW, Estud. 104. 



Masatierra : Bertero! — Rocky places in the forest region, rare. Pto 

 Frances (ace. to Gay); El Pangal, east wall of the gorge, not far from the 

 waterfall, c. 220 m (fr. */i 17, no. 226, also found by Johow); NE. precipice 

 of Co Damajuana, 500—550 m; V. Colonial, Q. del Monte Maderugo, 390 m 

 (fr. 24 /i 17, no. 336); Pto Ingles, on the central ridge in a very steep place on 

 the west slope (fr. 19 /i 17, no. 320). 



Seeds ovoid, slightly keeled on their ventral side, 3,5 mm long, very dark 

 brown to almost black, highly polished. JOHOW describes the leaves as »esca- 

 sfsimas, pequenas i rudimentarias», but in the young shoots they are numerous 

 and of regular size. The branches soon become leafless. 



On BERTERO's label is written: »in sylvaticis petrosis montium editiorum». 

 Gay, Bot. II. 35, quotes Colletia from Pto Frances and says that it flowers in 

 March. JOHOW lists as collectors only BERTERO and JOHOW, but, as seen 

 above, the species is not quite so rare as has been supposed. 



Area of distribution: Endemic in Masatierra. 



Flacourtiaceae. 

 Azara Ruiz et Pav. 



75. A. fernandeziana Gay. — A. serrata Ruiz et Pav. var. fernandesiana 

 '(Gay) Reiche, Fl. de Chile I. 134; Johow, Estud. 109. — Fig. 15 a. 



Masatierra: In the montane forest, supposed by JOHOW to be limited to 



a single locality, but found in many places by the writer. Only a single or 



some few trees were observed in each place. — C. Chifladores, small valley 



facing the Frances Valley, solitary, c. 500 m; on the ridge separating Q. Laura 



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