Plate 35. 
BACCHARIS MAGELLANICA. 
Family, Composite :— Petals united. Corolla bearing the stamens. 
Anthers united in a ring round the style. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit 
1-seeded. 
Grenus, Baccharis : — Shrubs, usually glabrous. Leaves alternate, entire 
or toothed. Heads small or medium-sized. Fertile flowers always 
female, sterile flowers hermaphrodite. Involucral bracts in many 
series, overlapping, dry. Style in hermaphrodite flowers branched, 
pappillose or hairy. Pappus hairs slender, copious, in 1-many 
series, fewer in sterile flowers. 
Baccharis magellanica, Pers. (" Christmas.") Plant 
about 8 in. high, a low under-shrab growing with Empetrum 
rubrum. Leaves rather variable in size and may be entire 
or toothed, usually about | in. long, not stalked, wedge-shaped, 
crowded, evergreen. Heads not stalked, small, terminal, 
solitary, yellowish-white. Involucral bracts ovate, margins 
hairy. Fruit smooth. 
Abundant everywhere in both islands. 
Flowers December— January. 
Description of plate :— 1, portion of male plant ; 2, flower head and 
foliage ; 3, involucre and receptacle ; 4, Bud of male flower ; 5, male 
flower ; 6, stamens ; 7, portion of female plant ; 8, flower head and 
foliage ; 9, female flower ; 10, stigma ; 11, fruit ; 12, pappus hair. All 
except 1 and 7 enlarged. 
