Il8 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



STELLARIA AXILLARIS Phil. Macl., p. 386. 



(Sub Alsine.} 

 Is to be deleted, being identical with Stellaria debilis. 



S. BOREALIS Big. Macl., p. 386. 

 (Sub Alsine.] 



Should be deleted ; not in our district. The specimen determined as 5. 

 borealis actually belongs to S. debilis d'Urv. 

 Add Macl., p. 386: 



S. CUSPIDATA Willd. DC. Prodr., I, p. 396. 

 N. W. Patagonia, Rio Palena. 



S. CUSPIDATA Willd. var. alsinceformis Naud. 



Stem dichotomous, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong to cordate, 

 acuminate, membranaceous, glabrous ; peduncles winged ; calyx basi- 

 ciliate ; ovaries with 30 seeds. 



Central Patagonia, upper Rio Carren-leofu. 



S. MEDIA Linn. Common Chickweed. 



Petals cleft ; styles 3 ; capsule opening by 6 valves ; leaves ovate ; the 

 upper petiolate ; stem with a row of hairs, alternating on its sides. 



Stellaria (Alsine] axillaris and borealis must be deleted ; as both the 

 Patagonian plants referred to them by Macloskie belong to Stellaria 

 debilis d'Urv. 



Europe. Forma malachioides. 



Folia obovata, acuta, saepe magna, ad 3.5 cm. longa; pedicelli et sepala 

 praesertim pilis longis vestita. 



Magellan, Punta Arenas. 



This form, marked especially by its very pilose pedicels and sepals, 

 has the habit of Malachiwn aquaticum. 



Macl., p. 387 : 



S. NEMORUM Linn. 



The plant from Dawson Id. approaches S. nemorum from Costa Rica, hav- 

 ing leaves long-petioled, acuminate, basicordate or subcordate ; and like 

 S. media has 2 velvet lines on the stem. Willdeman is not quite satisfied, 

 however, as to its specific identity. 



