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Osmorhiza (No. 5) ; distinct from O. Bertei-ii, and resembling our 0. brevistylis : but 

 devoid of an involucre. Growing in the shade of the forest. 



Misandra (No. 1) ; leaves reniform, long-petioled. Frequent along the sea-coast. 



(No. 2). Low ; hairy. Growing on the mountains. 



(No. 3). Small; the leaves smooth, lobed. On the mountains. 



Misodendrum punctulatum, Banks ; (No. 1) ; the Fuegian mistletoe. Leaves entirely re- 

 sembling those of Viscum. Parasitic on the exposed outer branches of the "evergreen 

 birch frequent. 



brachystachyum, Dec. ; (No. 2 ) ; smaller ; aphyllous. Parasitic on trees ; rare. 



Nertera (No. 4 ; compare No. 1 Hawaiian mountain-region). The flowers sessile. Rare. 

 Galium aparine ? (compare No. 5 Western Oregon, and our Atlantic States). Growing 



intermingled with the Apium along the sea-coast, and around deserted huts of the natives. 



(No. 20). Much resembling our G. trifidum, but always small. 



Leontodon ? (No. 2). Smooth; the pappus stipitate. "Good-Success Bay," Rich. 



? (No. 3) ; the leaves runcinate. " Orange Bay, on the mountains," Rich. 



(Achyrophorus arenarius ? No. 1); Gen. Cichorac. Herbaceous, upright, a foot high; 



cauline leaves pinnatifid ; flowers greenish. 

 Hieracium Antarcticum, D'Urv. ? (No. 16). On the subalpine upland. 

 Nassauvia (No. 1) ; agreeing with Lamarck's figure. Normal ; large. Growing only on 



mountain-summits. 



(No. 2) ; small, cespitose. Growing only on mountain summits ; rare. 



(Clarionea Magellanica ; No. 1). Gen. Aster-like, having also something of the habit of 

 Chrysanthemum ; the lower leaves being pinnatifid. Frequent on the subalpine upland. 



Chiliotrichum amelloides, (No. 2). A shrub. Frequent, and very generally diffused ; in 

 the forest, eight to twelve feet high ; and in the open country, only a foot or two. 



Tripolium (No. 6). Somewhat stout; many-flowered. In wet depressions, on the sub- 

 alpine upland. 



(No. 7). Slender, few-flowered. Mountain moors, somewhat rare. 



(No. 8). Growing along the sea-coast. 



(No. 9). Growing on the mountains. 



Lagenophora Commersonii, (No. 4). Rather frequent. 



Gen. Aster-like (No. 1). The lower leaves incised. Growing on the subalpine upland. 

 Baceharis Magellanica? (No. 13). A depressed shrub, about a foot high; margin of the 



leaves with five or six dentures. Rare. 

 Gnaphalium afiine, D'Urv. ? (No. 40). 



Gen. Compos. (No. 1). Leaves tridentate ; involucre simple (the calyx-scales being in a 



single series). "Orange Bay," Rich. 

 Senecio? littoralis (No. 20) ; flowers large, yellow. "Good-Success Bay," Rich. 

 (No. 21); leaves tridentate, tomentose beneath; flowers yellow. Growing on 



mountain-summits. 



(No. 22); leaves entire; flowers yellow. On mountain-summits. 



(No. 23) ; leaves tridentate ; flowers pedicelled. " Good-Success Bay," Rich. 



(No. 24); leaves reniform, dentate. " Good-Success Bay," Rich. 



Gen. Cinerarioid (gigantea; No. 1); Cineraria of authors. Herbaceous, and very large ; 



the terminal corymb of white flowers being conspicuous at a long distance. Frequent 



along the sea-coast. 



(No. 2). A foot high; leaves broad; the flowers white. Frequent everywhere 



on the subalpine upland. 



