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Contributions to the Flora of North Patagonia and the Adjoining Territory
Contributions to the Flora of North Patagonia and the Adjoining Territory Author:John Ball Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Jtjncus Acutus, L. Bahia Blanca and elsewhere, common (No. 37, Or. C.). The- succulent rhizomes are Bought after by pigs at Bahia Blanca. Typhace.e. Typha ... more »Angtjstifolia, L. Extends from the valleys of North Patagonia, through the provinces of Buenos Ayres and Entrerios (No. 229, G. C.). The Spanish name is Totara, the Araucanian Trapal. This cosmopolitan species probably owes its dissemination to water-birds, and not to the agency of man. Cyperace.s:. Cypertts Vegetus, Willd. Valley of the Eio Negro (No. 171, G. C.). iSciBPUS Mabitimtjs, L. Common at Tuyu and elsewhere (No. 234, G. C.). In default of better material, this is sometimes used for thatching. Scibpijs - P Valley of the Eio Negro (No. 170, G. C.). A very imperfect fragment, not determinable. Oabex Phalaeoides, Kunth. Bahia Blanca, on banks of streams (No. 77, G. C.). Carex Eiparia, L. Bahia Blanca, North Patagonia, and throughout the province of Buenos Ayres ; common along watercourses (No. 38, G. C.). This is the form described as 0. incras- sata, Schlecht. Setabia Catjdata, Roem. $ Sck. Bahia Blanca and North Patagonia, common (Nos. 11 and 179, G. C.). Spaetina Coaectata, Trim. Bahia Blanca, and also from Tuyu (No. 225, G. C.). A tall, wiry grass, used for thatching. Andbopogon Aegentetts, DC. Bahia Blanca (No. 14, G. C.). Chbysopogon Stipoides, Trin. (ex Mwnro, MSS.), = Sorghum nutans, A. Gray (L. sub Andropogone), = Andropogon avenaceus, Michx. Valley of the Naporta Grande, district of Bahia Blanca (No. 9, G. C.). This species was collected somewhere near Bahia Blanca by Darwin. It has a wide geographical range in the American continent. According to strict rules of nomenclature,this should be named CJirysopogon nutans, the latter being the trivial name given by Linnaeus ; but it ...« less