122 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



Fam. 39. RANUNCULACE^E. Macl., p. 398. 



CALTHA L. 

 Add Macl., p. 399: 



C. ANDICOLA Gay. Gay Flor. Chil., I, p. 49, tab. 2. 



Root creeping, with remains of old leaves. Leaves long-petiolate, sub- 

 orbicular, basicordate, crenate. Peduncles thick, shorter than the leaves. 

 Perianth-leaves 5-6, white. Capsules crowded, crowned by the styles, 

 each with 2-6 shining seeds. 



N. W. Patagonia, Rio Puelo, the alpine district; cordillera of Central 

 and South Chili. 



Add Macl., p. 399: 



C. APPENDICULATA PerS. 



Small caespitose plant, with leaves 3-lobed, having two dorsal appendages 

 at the nerve; scape very short, i -flowered; pistils 8. Magellan: Also in 

 Falkland Is. 



Add Macl., p. 399: 



C. LIMBATA Schlecht. 



Sepals oblong, elliptical, with a rounded appendage. Leaves thick, 

 with a narrow, pellucid margin, obtusely lobed. Flowers not involucrate : 

 stamens very many, anthers elliptical, basi-attenuate. 



N. W. Patagonia, Rio Puelo, the alpine district; Central Patagonia, 

 Chubut Territory, the pre-andine district. 



ANEMONE L. 

 P. 400 : A. multifida Poir vice 



A. DECAPETALA Arduini (fide Dusn & Skottsberg). 



Only in the northernmost section o our district. The specimens col- 

 lected on pampas by Rio Coy and determined as A. decapetala actually 

 belong to A. multifida Poir (p. 401), the North American species. 



A. DECAPETALA Arduini var. patagonica Ok. Macl., p. 400. 

 Should be deleted, being identical with A. multifida Poir. 



