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P. 379: 



C. DENSIFOLIA Phil. 



Should be struck out; not known from our district. The specimen 

 determined by Macloskie as C. densifolia, actually belongs to Plantago 

 barbata Forst. 



MONTIA L. 



P. 381 : 



Montia fontana L. is represented as a synonym of Montia rivularis 

 Gmel., forma lamprosperma] (Engl. Bot. Jahrb., VV, H. 3). It was 

 found in South Georgia Is.; fide Skottsb. Very probably this species is 

 to be replaced by Montia rivularis Gmel. subsp. lamprosperma Cham. 

 My specimens collected in W. Magellan are, as far as I remember, sterile ; 

 they are, at present, not at my disposal. D. 



M. GIBBA Gris. Macl., p. 381. 

 Should be deleted, not being Patagonian. 



MONOCOSMIA Fenzl. 



Sepals persisting, dorsally gibbous, winged. Stamen i ; style 2-cleft. 

 Embryo peripherical. A succulent annual. Flowers in axillary and 

 terminal racemes. 



M. CORRIGIOLOIDES Fenzl. 



Calyx 2-leaved, sepals oval, rounded, obtuse or retuse, dorsally grow- 

 ing into a sac-like wing. Petals 3, rarely 4, hypogynous, oblong, free, 

 epigynous. Stamen i, opposite the petal; ovary free, i -celled; ovules 

 2-4, basilar; style very short, bifid stigma spreading; seeds i or 2, len- 

 ticular. A Chilian annual herb, succulent, with rosulate, glabrous leaves, 

 and cauline leaves alternate, exstipulate ; flowers very minute, with very 

 short pedicels ; stem leafless above. 



Chili ; Patagonia. 



Fam. 37. CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 



Add Macl., p. 383: 



SILENE L. 



S. INFLATA Sm. (S. cucubalus Wibel.). Bladder Catchfly. 



Stems branched. Flowers panicled ; calyx bladdery ; petals bifid, 

 naked ; claws of petals wedge-shaped. Styles as long. Flowers white, 



