MACLOSKIE : REVISION OF FLORA PATAGONICA. 175 



Fam. 69. FRANKENIACE^;. Macl., p. 579. 



P. 579 : 



FRANKENIA MICROPHYLLA Cav. 



Leaves oval, very small, quadrifariously imbricate, glabrous. Calyx 

 glabrous. Prostrate herbs. 

 S. Amer. 



F. PATAGONICA Speg. 



This species is not rare on the east coast of Patagonia between 42 and 

 45 S. L. ; found by me at Puerto San Jose, Puerto Madryn, Cabo Blanco 

 and Puerto Mazaredo. D. 



Fam. 70. VIOLACE^:. Macl., p. 580. 

 VIOLA L. 



V. ARVENSIS L. 



Falkland Is.; introduced. 

 P. 581 : 



V. COMMERSONII DC. 



This occurs also in N. Patagonia, by Lago Nahuel-huapi, and in Neuquen 

 Territory. The specimens collected by Hatcher in the Cordillera of S. 

 Patagonia actually belong to Viola maculata Cav. or V. microphylla Poir. 



Viola fimbriata ; see Dusen's note on V. microphylla Poir., of Fl. Pat, 



P- 583- 



V. CARNOSA Sm. 

 S. Patagonia, Rio Coy. 



V. MACULATA Cav. 



Leaves ovate, crenate, smooth, spotted beneath ; stipules ovate. Petals 

 very hairy inside, yellow. Stigma plane, with sharp rostrum. Stem very 

 short. 



Patagonia. Also in S. Chili ; in W. Patagonia, sometimes with cleisto- 

 gamic flowers. 



P. 582 : 



V. MACULATA MEGAPHYLLA. 



Quaere: "Neither author nor place nor where described is given." 

 "Neither Reiche nor I myself know this plant." D. 



