244 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: BOTANY. 



ASTERANTHERA OVATA (Cav.) Hanst. 



Syn. Chelone ovata Cav.; Asterantheris chiloensis Hanst. 

 Occurs in S. Chili; Chiloe Id.; W. Patagon. 



MITRARIA Cav. 

 M. COCCINEA Cav. 

 Occurs in S. Chili ; W. Patagonia, its northern section. 



P. 730: 



SARMIENTA REPENS Ruiz et Pav. 

 Occurs in S. Chili ; W. Patagonia, its northern section. 



P. 730, after line 4, add : 



Fam. 1 02, B. OROBANCHACE^E. Broom-rape. 



Root-parasites, non-green, with scale-leaves. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 and occasionally a rudimentary fifth. Capsule i -celled, placentae 4, 

 parietal ; seeds with endosperm. Terminal spikes, or flowers solitary, in 

 the axils of the scales. 



Cosmopolitan. 



OROBANCHE (Tourn.) G. Beck. 



Sessile spikes. Calyx parted both before and behind, almost to the 

 base, the parts 2-cleft. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 

 3-lobed. Stamens included. Seeds numerous. 



Old-world parasites, rare in America. 



O. CHILENSIS (Phil.) G. Beck. 



N. Patagon., at the confluence of Rio Limay with Rio Neuquen ; near 

 Carmen de Patagones; Mid-Patagon., along Rio Chubut. 



Fam. 105, PLANTAGINACE^. Mac!., p. 731. 



P- 733: 



Plantago bismarckii Nied. should be deleted, not being found in our 

 district. 



