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flower heads tlie stigmse are ludden among the pappus, which thus acts as an 

 enormous collecting brush. However, I am not in a position to prove this theory. 

 One of tlie most common dwarfshrubs, occurring in both meadow and heath 

 and abundant in botli islands. — Chile, Cordillera Linares to Cape Horn, in the 

 moimtains, Patagonia, Fuegia. 



(jiiaplialiiim L. 



62. O. afflne d'Urv. 



Not uncommon, very variable in the choice of its habitats, but preferring sandy 

 soil near the sea. E. F., Port Louis! Port Stanley! E. shore of Stanley Harbour! 

 Port Harriet! Arrow Harbour House, among grass! North Arm! W, F., Port 

 Philomel, Halfvvay Cove, in the heath and along a stream! Weddell Island! — S. Pata- 

 gonia, Fuegia, Staten I. 



G. juitarcticum HoOK. fil. 



E. F., »among grass, very sparingly» (Hooker!) I have seen the type specimen, 

 and I have not been able to classify it otherwise than Hooker himself did. Nobody 

 has found the plant af ter him. — Endemic. 



91. G. spicatuin Lam. (G. purpureum L. sp. coll. ; G. consanguineum Gaud.) 

 When I wrote my former paper on the Falkland flora (14), I mentioned this 

 as var. consayiguineum (Gaud.). Since then I have seen more of these forms, and 

 I think, that it is hardly distinguishable even as a variety, as there are intermediate 

 forms. However, all Falkland plants have always leaves with upper surface glabrous, 

 lower surface densely woolly, snow white, so it is perhaps practical to speak of it 

 as a f. consanguinea (Gaud.). 



Fairly common, especially on dry ground near the sea. — N. America, Chile 

 from central provinces to Fuegia, S. Patagonia. 



Clievreuli.n Cass. 



112. Ch. lycopodioides (d'Urv.) DC. (Gnaphalium lycopodioides d'Urv.) 

 Reiche has put this species among »especies problematicas». The descriptions 



of d'Urville and Gay are incomplete. It is closely allied to Ch. stolonijera Cass., 



and below I have tried to indicate the differences. 



Ch. lycopodioides: i Ch. stolonifera: 



Leaves narrow,linear-lan ceolate,± acute, Leaves spathulate, obtusate, not mu- 



always mucronate. Upper surface cronate. Both surf aces densely hir- 



subglabrous or slightly hirsute, lower sute. 

 surface white with dense, short wool. 



