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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Oreobolu3 obtusangulus, Gaud. ? (No. 1). Cespitose. Growing on the mountains. 

 Isolepis brevis, D'Urv. ? (No. 7). Small ; and cespitose. Growing on the mountains. 

 Gen. Gramin. ? (No. 1); compare Diplacrum of the Voyage of the Coquille, PI. 26. 



Dwarf ; and cespitose. Growing on the mountains. 

 Alopecurus Magellanicus, Lam. ? (No. 5). A tall species; glaucous. Growing along the 



sea-coast. 



Phleum (No. 4). Abundant along the sea-coast. 



Stipa? (No. 1(3) ; the florets small. Growing on the mountains. 



Agrostis (No. 28); panicle confert., coarctate ; with the florets awned. 



(No. 29); panicle diS"use; with the florets small, and awned. "Good-Success 



Bay/' Rich. 

 (No. 30) ; the florets unawned. 



(Wilfa, No. 2 ; or compare) Sporolobus ; much resembling our W. clandestina, but gladi- 

 ate. Growing along the sea-coast; and also on mountain-summits. 



Arapelodesmos Australia, (No. 1); see Coquille, PI. 0. Arundo-like, with villous florets. 

 Growing on the subalpine upland ; somewhat rare. 



Hierochloa Antarctica, (No. 4) ; see Coquille, PI. 30. Abundant along the sea-coast. 



Aira flexuosa ? (compare No. 9 of our Atlantic States). Tall. Growing along the sea-coast. 



(No. 10). The leaves short and upright. On mountain-summits. 



Trisetum phleoides, D'Urv.? (No. 4); much like our White Mountain T. subspicatum. 



(No. 5) ; perhaps a second smooth species. 



Poa (No. 18). A small species. Rare. 



(No. 19) ; much like P. pratensis. Rare. 



(No. 20). 



(No. 21); much like P. nemoralis. Short. "Good-Success Bay," Rich. 



Festuca erecta, D'Urv.; (No. 12); see Coquille, PI. 7. Viviparous; the florets having 

 short awns. Growing on the tops of hills. 



(No. 13). Viviparous; the awns longer than in the preceding species. Abun- 

 dant along the sea-coast. 



Bromus (No. 8). Large, and pubescent. "Good-Success Bay," Rich. 



Agropyrum (compare No. 7 Patagonia). Much resembling A. repens var. glaucum (of 

 the salt-marshes around Cape Ann on our Atlantic Coast). Growing in great pro- 

 fusion along the sea-coast. 



Lycopodium (No. 50). Creeping ; the spikes solitary, sessile. 



(No. 51); the scales longer, besides other distinctive marks. 



(No. 52) ; perhaps a third species. Its spikes in threes, or three together in 



peduncled clusters. 



Hymenophyllum (No. 20) ; resembling H. Peruvianum of the Vicinity of Quito, see 



Hooker, PI. 208. Among mosses, in the shade of the forest. 

 (No. 21); compare H. multifidum of Forster, attributed to the Pacific islands. 



Among mosses, in the shade of the forest. 

 cespitosum, Gaud. ? (No. 22). 



Gen. incert. (No. 1; Hymenophylloid ?) ; the fructification not seen. Intermingled 

 among alpine plants. 



Polypodium (No. 52); or compare Grammitis. Scarcely half an inch high; the frond 

 simple, devoid of a midrib. Growing in the forest, and throughout the open country 

 to the summits of the highest mountain peaks. 



