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nummularicefolia Hook, fil., an opinion already expressed by Spegazzini 

 in Plant. Patag. Austral., p. 564. 



STACHYS L. 

 Add Macl., p. 696: 



S. ARVENSIS Linn. 



Hairy; leaves petioled, cordate-ovate, obtuse, crenate ; whorls 4-6- 

 flowered, distant; corolla (purplish), scarcely longer than the unarmed 

 calyx. 



Europe, N. Patagon., Territory of Neuquen. 



HEDEOMA Pers. 

 P. 697 : 



H. MULTIFLORA Benth. 



It is uncertain if the range of this species extends to or over N. Pata- Mfr^* 

 gonia. The plant is not mentioned as occurring in Patagonia either by I ft at""" 

 Spegazzini, or by Lorentz and Niederlein, or by Hieronymus. 



SATUREIA L. 

 P. 697 : 



S. DARWINII Benth. 



Pampas Tea; stimulating to the kidneys (Skottsberg). 

 Common in the steppe district and in the river valleys of S. Patagonia ; 

 near Rio F6siles at the height of about 1,000 m.; in N. Fuegia rare. 



P. 698 : 



S. PUSILLA Phil. 



Should be deleted, being identical with the foregoing. 

 P. 698, 4 lines from foot, insert genus: 



MENTHA Tourn. Mint. 



Calyx nearly equally 5-toothed, and corolla nearly equally 4-cleft ; sta- 

 mens 4, equal ; odorous herbs, with purplish or whitish flowers in axillary 

 clusters or spikes. 



i. M. ROTUNDIFOLIA Linn. 



Plant hairy, soft downy; leaves subsessile, round-ovate, subcordate, 

 rugose, crenate-toothed. Spikes slender, leafless, not hoary. 



N. America; introduced in N. Patagon., at Rio Negro, near Carmen de 

 Patagones (fide Spegazzini). 



