12569, Uyrtendza gitingensic Elm. Me 8p,  Sueculent 
perennial herbs ov suffrutescent ska Shrubs upon moist earth 
banks near densely wooded streamlets at 1750 feet, on the 
BSpana Side; stem solitary or few from the same root, subterete, 
yellowish green, heavy ond watery, Sparingly branched, 3 to 5 
feet long, reclining, ultimately ascendingly recurved, leaves 
mostly toward the top, ascending from the base, graceruliy 
recurved, limp, Shining deep green above, much paler beneath; 
' inflorescence upon Ghert axillary peduncles, several flowers 
subtended by a pale areen foliaceous bract; calyx yellowish so; 
odorless corolla ascending, white, deciduous. Magallanes, 
12370. S8plenium tenerum Forst. mall graceful tufts 
upon bowlders er in loose moist earth near a densely wooded 
Streamlet eat 1750 feet, on the Espana side of the ridge; 
Short rootstoek suberect of Greéping, occasionally branched, 
flexible; stipes m& soft, areen, ascending, gx grooved along 
the upper side; fronds aseendingly recurved, the flat pinnae 
a trifle paler green below, Submeabranous; fronds vary from 
a few inches to a few fect in length, Magallanes, april, 1910. 
12371, trichomenes humile forst. Forming dense 
messes ou the lewer or moister side of large bowlders lying 
in a densely overshadowed stream bed at 1750 feet on the trail 
toward Espana; rootsteck thread-like, numerously rebranched, 
densely covered with fine nearly black hairs or ®8cales; 
stipes short, areen, divaricate or ascending; fronds strongly 
recurved or descending, deep ereen on both Sides, membranous, 
Magallanes, April, 1910+ 
12572. Ophiorrhiza venosa Vert. <A Sparingly low 
underahrab or subherbeceous perennial upon moist shallow 
earth of bewlders aiong a streamiet of dense woods at 175 
fect toward Sepana; stem terete, less than 1/2 inch thick, 
grocuish Sum to purplish, 2&2 to S feet high, Spariagly 
branched, quite brittle when 614; branchlets crooked and 
more og less nodulese; leaves membranous, ascending or 
horizontal, flat, velvety sreen above, yellowish so mxeak 
beneath or eecasionelly tinged with purple; inflorescence 
erect, greenish exeept the yellowish odorless flowers, 
Magallanes, April, 1910. 
12375. #Kiekxie macagregori Elm. ne Sp, Rather small 
tree in moist shale S011 of woods near Streamlets at 1750 
feet on the “epaus side of the trail; stem G inches thick, 
265 feet high or higher, brenched above the middle; wood 
yellowish white, very soft, bitter, odorless; bark roughened 
with obscure lenticells, brown toward the bese, grayish 
mottled toward the top; branchefl numerously and lazly 
rebranched; twigs slender balf drooping, very flexible, 
Shining yellowish brown; leaves descending, thinly coriaceous, 
Shining deep green above, much paler or even yellowish green 
beneath, margins wavy, apex recurved, otherwise flat; 
odorless flowers usually in pairs, from the leaf axils, 
upon light green 1 inch loma ascending pedicel; calyx aise 
green, corolla tube less in length, the basal swollen 
portion greenish, the throat portion whitish; the 5 white 
Segments af long as the tube, twisted and strongly recurved; 
pistil greenish white; anthers 5, Sessile. Magallanes, 

