226 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS! BOTANY. 



point of America. Macloskie notes Brazil, N. Patagonia, Magellan. 

 Excepting this I have not found in the literature any statement about 

 the occurrence of this plant either in Patagonia or in Magellan. The 

 statement by v. Wettstein and Macloskie of the occurrence of this species 

 in Magellan is, I think, a mistake. It is very questionable if this plant 

 occurs even in the northern part of our district. D. 



P. 708: 



JABOROSA Juss 



J. MAGELLANICA (Gris.) Benth & Hook. 



Occurs in S. Patagon., in upper valley of Rio Sta. Cruz, near Laguna 

 Tar ; in valley of Arroyo Scheuen, at several localities. 



J. RUNCINATA Lam. 

 Is not Patagonian, and should be deleted. 



P. 708 : Add the species : 



3. J. AMEGHINOI (Speg.). 

 Syn. Himeranthus ameghinoi Speg. 



Napiform rhizome, branches short, decumbent, hoary upwards. Leaves 

 crowded, rather fleshy and cobwebby, broad-ovate to subhastate, entire 

 or toothed-mucronulate, obtuse, the petioles long and hoary. Flowers 

 glomerate, short-stalked. Calyx 5-partite, lobes subacute, hoary. Corolla 

 broad-campanulate, purple-fuscous, pulverulent, with short lobes, which 

 are obtuse and mucronate. Stamens adnate midway in the tube. Berry 

 globular, glabrous, with little juice. 



S. Patagonia, on dry rocks by Rio Chico. 



4. J. BERGII Hieron. 



Marked by its berry with accrescent calyx, and its densely pectinate- 

 laciniate leaves. 



N. Patagonia, in the district near mouth of Rio Negro. 



5. J. DESIDERATA Speg. 



Branches slender, glabrous, and leaves somewhat crowded, ovate, 57- 

 partite, glabrous. Flowers cernuous, often a few crowded at the axils ; 

 bracts spathulate-linear, entire or toothed. Calyx 5-cleft, the lobes trian- 



