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5. MYZODENDKON, Banks & Soland. 

 1. Myzodendron punctulatum, Banks & Soland. 



Misodendron (sphalm.) punctulatum, DC. Prodr. 4, p. 286, & Mem. Loranth. t. 11, 12. 

 Myzodendron (Gymnophyton) punctulatum (Banks & Soland. Mss.), Hook f' Fl 

 Antarc. p. 289, t. 102, 104, 106. 



Hab. Orange Harbour, Fuegia. " Very common and conspicuous 

 on the Antarctic Beech." 



2. Myzodendron brachystachium, DC. 



Myzodendron (Misodendron) brachystachium, DC. Mem. Loranth. p. 14, t. 12, f. 1, 

 & Prodr. 1. c. ; Hook. f. FL Antarc. p. 297, t. 103, 105, 106, 107. 



Hab. Orange Harbour, Fuegia ; on Fagus Antarctica and F. betu- 

 loides. 



The botanical history, structure and affinities, as well as the ana- 

 tomy and parasitism of Myzodendron, have been most ably and elabo- 

 rately illustrated by Dr. Hooker, in the work above cited. I have 

 only to add that M. oblongifolium, DC. 1. c. ; Deless. Ic. Sel. 3, t. 80 ; 

 Pcepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. & Spec. t. 2 ; Hook. f. 1. c, is not to be 

 distinguished from M. brachystaehium by the foliage (our specimens 

 combining the two on the same individuals), but only by the greater 

 length of the plumose setae of the fruit, a character not likely to be 

 constant ; so that this species will doubtless be suppressed. 



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