Chapter XXVIII: Appendix: C

LIST OF PLANTS.[67] BY JAMES BRITTEN, F.L.S., AND A. B. RENDLE, M.A., D.SC.

Hamadryas Kingii, Hook. fil. Top of mountains.
Ranunculus peduncularis, Sm. Low slopes of mountains.
Anemone, _cf._ lanigera, Gay. Low slopes and pampa.
Berberis buxifolia, Lam.
Berberis empetrifolia, Lam. Slopes of mountains.
Senebiera pinnatifida, DC. Low slopes of mountains.
Thlaspi gracile, Phil. Swamp.
Draba Gilliesii, Hook. High slopes and top of
mountains.
Cardamine pratensis, L. var. Swamp.
Nasturtium, _aff._ palustre, L. Sheltered slopes of
mountains.
Viola maculata, Cav. Sheltered slopes and
forests.
Polygala Salasiana, Gay. North slope of Mount
Frias.
Lychnis magellanica, Lam. High slopes of mountains.
Stellaria debilis, D'Urv. Low slopes of mountains.
Cerastium arvense, L. Low slopes of mountains.
" " var. Low slopes of mountains.
Arenaria serpens, H.B.K., several forms Low slopes of mountains,
beach, lake and
sheltered pampa.
Calandrinia cæspitosa, Gill. Top of hills among stones.
Geranium magellanicum, Hook. fil. Low slopes of mountains.
Erodium cicutarium, L'Herit. Low slopes of mountains.
Oxalis enneaphylla, Cav., var. pumila,
Hook, fil. High slopes and top of
Mount Frias.
Oxalis sp. Bare sandy ground.
Colletia discolor, Hook. Low slopes of mountains.
Adesmia boronoides, Hook. fil. Low sandy ground.
Astragalus _cf._ alpinus, L. High slopes of mountains.
Lathyrus nervosus, Lam. Low slopes of mountains.
" _cf._ pubescens, Hook. & Arn. Low slopes of mountains.
Vicia, _aff._ bijuga Low slopes of mountains.
" sp. Low slopes of mountains.
Anarthrophyllum desideratum, Benth. Top of Mount Frias.
Potentilla anserina, L. Swamps in open places of
forests.
Geum magellanicum, Comm. Slopes of Punta Bandera.
Acæna adscendens, Vahl. By springs and streams.
" cuneata, Hook. & Arn. Low sandy soil.
" sp. _aff._ multifida, Hook. fil. Pampa slopes and low
slopes.
Saxifraga Pavonii, D. Don. On rocks, low slopes
overhanging lake.
Donatia fascicularis, Forst. Top of mountain.
Escallonia macrantha, Hook. & Arn. Low slopes, Mount Buenos
Aires.
" _cf._ alpina, Poepp. Low slopes, Mount Buenos
Aires.
Ribes cuneifolium, Ruiz & Pav. Valleys and low hillsides.
Hippuris vulgaris, L. Standing water.
Œnothera odorata, Jacq. Mountain slope and low
slopes.
Fuchsia coccinea, Ruiz & Pav. Low slopes and Punta
Bandera.
Epilobium, _cf._, densifolium, Haussk Bed of dried up stream.
" sp. Punta Bandera.
Grammatocarpus volubilis, Presl. Low slopes, Mount Buenos
Aires.
Azorella trifurcata, Hook. fil. Top of mountain.
" sp. _aff._ bryoides, Phil. Mountain tops.
" _cf._ trifoliolata, Hook. fil. Shingle on beach.
Mulinum spinosum, Pers. Pampa under Mount Buenos
Aires and low slopes.
Osmorrhiza chilensis, DC. Forests of Mount Buenos
Aires.
Bowlesia, sp. Low slopes of mountains.
Sanicula macrorrhiza, Colla. Top of Mount Buenos Aires.
Oreopolus glacialis, Schlecht. Tops of mountains.
Galium Aparine, L. Forest, Mount Buenos
Aires.
" sp. Mountain slopes and low
slopes, shingle banks
of stream.
Valeriana carnosa, Sm. Low slopes, Mount Buenos
Aires.
Boopis sp. Nitrate pampa.
" " Top of mountains and
shingle beach.
Nardophyllum Kingii, A. Gray. Mountain tops.
Chiliotrichum amelloides, Cass. Springs in slopes of
mountains.
Erigeron alpinus, L. Low slopes of mountains.
Erigeron sp. Mountain slopes, Mount
Buenos Aires.
Baccharis sp. Beach, Punta Bandera.
Antennaria sp. Pampas.
Gnaphalium spicatum, Lam. Low slopes of mountains.
Madia, _cf._ viscosa, Cav. Slopes of mountains.
Matricaria Chamomilla, L. Low slopes of mountains.
Senecio magellanicus, Hook. & Arn. Among stones, top of Mount
Buenos Aires.
" albicaulis, Hook. & Arn. Mountain slopes.
" Kingii, Hook. fil. High slopes of mountains.
Chabræa purpurea, DC. Pampa and high slopes of
mountains.
" multifida, DC. Low slopes of mountains.
" sp. East slope of Mount Frias.
Perezia linearis, Less. High slopes of mountains.
Panargyrum Darwinii, Hook. & Arn. Tops of mountains.
Nassauvia, sp. Tops of mountains.
" " Beaches and mud flats.
" pygmæa, Hook. fil. Top of mountains.
Hieracium patagonicum, Hook. fil. Low slopes of mountains.
Achyrophorus tenuifolius, DC. Low slopes of mountains.
Taraxacum officinale, Wigg., var. Low slopes of mountains.
Sonchus asper, Vill., var. Punta Bandera.
Pernettya pumila, Hook. Mountain tops.
" mucronata, Gaud., two forms Low slopes of mountains, high
and wooded slopes of Mount
Buenos Aires.
Primula magellanica, Lehm. Swamp.
Samolus spathulatus, Duby. Swamp on pampa.
Armeria chilensis, Poepp. Low slopes of mountains.
Phacelia circinata, Jacq., two forms North slope Mount Frias.
Collomia coccinea, Lehm. Low shingly ground.
" gracilis, Dougl. Low slopes of mountains.
Amsinckia angustifolia, Lehm. Forest on mountain slope
and low ground.
Calceolaria Darwinii, Benth. High slopes of mountains.
" sp. aff. lanceolata Low slopes of mountains and
banks of streams, low
ground.
Veronica peregrina, L. Sheltered pampa.
Verbena _aff._ microphylla, Phil. Mount Buenos Aires.
Micromeria _cfr._ Darwinii, Benth. Pampa.
Scutellaria nummulariæfolia, Hook. fil. Shingle beach.
Plantago uniglumis, Wallr. Stony top of mountains.
" maritima, L. Nitrate pampa.
Rumex crispus, L. By water slopes of pampa.
" magellanicus, Griseb. Shingle beach.
Embothrium coccineum, Forst. Low slopes of mountains.
Myzodendron punctulatum, Soland. Forests on mountains;
parasitic on _Fagus
antarctica_.
" quadriflorum, DC. Forests, parasitic on
_Fagus antarctica_.
Arjona patagonica, Hombr. & Jacquem. Low slopes and pampas.
Quinchamalium procumbens, Ruiz &
Pav. Pampa.
Euphorbia portulacoides, Spreng. Pampa.
Urtica magellanica, Poir. Low slopes of mountains.
Fagus antarctica, Forst. Forests and mountains.
Empetrum nigrum var. andinum, DC. Grassy top of mountain.
Chloræa magellanica, Hook. fil. Slopes of Mount Buenos Aires.
Asarca araucana, Phil. Slopes of Mount Buenos Aires.
" _cf._ cardioglossa, Phil. Slopes of Mount Buenos Aires.
Stipa sp. Sandy slopes of foothills.
Phleum alpinum, L. Mountain slopes.
Alopecurus alpinus, Sm. Springs.
Arundo pilosa, D'Urv. Low slopes of mountains.
Poa pratensis, L. Sheltered pampa.
Festuca sp. Pampa.
Bromus sp. Pampa.
Hordeum jubatum, L. Slopes of mountains.
Carex Banksii, Boott. Swampy springs in forest on
mountain slope.
Sisyrinchium filifolium, Gaud. Pampa.
Aspidium mohrioides, Bory. Low slopes.
" coriaceum, Sw. Punta Bandera; mountain
slope; bush slope.
Lomaria alpina, Spreng. Swamp.
Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. Forest.
Bryum sp. (immature) Wet forest.
Marchantia polymorpha, L. Forest swamp.
Usnea barbata, Ach. Growing on _Fagus
antarctica_.
" melaxantha. Ach. On rocks.

FOOTNOTE:

[67] Owing to the very short time allowed before going to press we are unable to furnish a complete list. We hope, however, to give in a future number of the _Journal of Botany_ a full list with notes on critical or otherwise interesting species.

GLOSSARY

_Alazan_, a chestnut horse.

_Alpargatas_, shoes made of canvas with jute or hemp soles.

_Asado_, roast meat. In the camp cooked on a spit over the fire.

_Asador_, the spit on which meat is roasted.

_Asulejo_, a blue-eyed, grey and white horse.

_Bandurria_, an ibis.

_Barranca_, cliff-like banks of river or lagoon.

_Bayo_, a cream-coloured dun horse.

_Blanco_, white; a white horse or cow.

_Bocado_, a thong of raw hide passed twice round the lower jaw of a young horse as a bit.

_Bolas_, _Boleadores_, three balls of stone covered with raw hide and attached to one another by twisted thongs of raw hide; used for catching wild animals.

_Boliche_, a small drinking-store.

_Bombilla_, a metal tube for sucking the tea from the _maté_ cup.

_Bozal_, a halter.

_Cabresto_, a leading rein always attached to the _bozal_ for tying up the horse; from the Spanish word _cabestro_.

_Cacique_, an Indian chief or leader.

_Cañadon_, a dale or dip of low land between stretches of high land.

_Capa_, a cape or cloak.

_Carancho_, the large, eagle-like carrion hawk (_Polyborus tharus_).

_Carguero_, a pack-horse or mule.

_Carpa_, a tent, or shelter of a movable kind.

_Casa_, a house, even if only a mud hut.

_Cebruno_, a dark mouse-coloured horse with a reddish tinge.

_Chico_, little.

_Chimango_, a harrier-like carrion hawk (_Milvago Chimango_).

_China_, Indian woman; also a native Criska woman.

_Chiripá_, a loin-cloth the size of a _poncho_, and worn so as to form loose, baggy trousers.

_Cinch_, English spelling of "Cincha," the raw-hide girth used with native saddles.

_Colorado_, red; a bay horse.

_Cordillera_, the chain of mountains called the Andes.

_Cruzado_, a horse having crossed white feet--_i.e._, one fore-foot white and one hind-foot of opposite sides; always expected to be good horses.

_Estancia_, a farm in Argentina.

_Estanciero_, a stock-farmer in Argentina.

_Gateado_, a yellow dun horse with a black stripe down the back.

_Gaucho_, the Argentine cowboy.

_Horqueta_, a fork; the separation of two streams forming a fork; name of a horse with a forked cutting in the ear.

_Macho_, a male animal; especially a mule.

_Madrina_, the bell-mare followed by all the horses or mules of a _tropilla_.

_Manada_, a herd of mares.

_Manea_, hobbles for a horse made of raw hide generally.

_Mañero_, a cunning, tricky horse or person.

_Martineta_, the "large partridge" (_Calo dromas elegans_).

_Maté_, the small gourd in which the _Yerba_ tea is made; also the tea itself.

_Moro_, a dark blue roan horse.

_Mula_, female mule.

_Muy limpio_, literally "very clean."

_Oscuro_, a dark or black horse.

_Overo_, a spotted or splashed horse.

_Palenque_, posts or rails put up for tying-up horses.

_Pampa_, the great plains of South America.

_Pampero_, the south-west wind, often a hurricane in South America, blowing across the Pampas.

_Pangaré_, a bay horse, with the peculiar mule-like colouring of the nozzle.

_Pantano_, a mud hole; a sticky muddy place.

_Peon_, a working man or porter.

_Picaso_, a black horse with white feet and face.

_Plaza_, open square in a town.

_Poncho_, the rug or shawl, with a hole in middle, to slip over the head.

_Potro_, a colt or wild horse.

_Puchero_, mutton or beef boiled with rice, and vegetables when there are any.

_Rincon_, a corner.

_Rosado_, a light strawberry roan horse.

_Rosillo_, a red-roan horse.

_Soga_, a cord or strip of hide.

_Toldo_, an awning; the Indian tent of raw hides.

_Tordillo_, a grey horse.

_Tostado_, a dark chestnut horse.

_Travesia_, a desert.

_Tropilla_, the troop of horses or mules driven in front of travellers in South America.

_Vaqueano_, a guide.

_Vega_, a valley.

_Yerba_, the Paraguayan tea, universal in Argentina.

_Zaino_, a brown horse.

INDEX

Alazan, 59, 139

Alpargatas, 231

Andes, _see_ Cordillera

Antiguos, Rio de los, 144-155

Arctotherium, 326-327

Ariel, _see_ launch

Argentino, Lake, 181, 188, 214
description, 190, 262, 263, 284
fish, 269
forests, 224, 272, 273, 274-276
glaciers, 266-268, 272-275
Lake Rica or South Fjord, 193, 271-74
North Fjord, 262-270, 278-279
storms, 215-219, 267-269

Armadillo, 40, 67, 248

Ascensio's Bay, 214-215

Asulejo, 53, 54, 167

Banduria, 135, 187, 189

Barckhausen, F., 31, 148-153

Basecamp, Horsham, 123, 124, 168

Beech, antarctic, 126, 149, 233, 275

Belgrano, River, 174

Bernardo, _see_ Hähansen

Bernicla poliocephala, _see_ ashy-headed goose

Boat, canvas, 266, 282
oleadores, 32, 52, 62, 81, 90, 234

Brunel, Ascensio, 194-195

Buenos Aires, Lake, 120, 121, 126, 130-143, 159

Burbury, T. R. D., 20, 26, 37, 47, 109, 181, 201, 242, 264, 268,
277

Califate-bush, 78, 99, 100, 203, 218, 265, 269

Calodromas elegans, _see_ martineta

Canis griseus, _see_ pampa-fox

Canis magellanicus, _see_ red-fox

Canis montanus, 260

Camera, 266

Carancho, 191

Cat, wild, 151

Cattle, E., 86, 193, 197, 206-219, 244, 249, 253, 255, 264, 266,
268, 282

Cattle, wild, 79-81, 140, 224-234

Cavy, 27, 46, 60, 67, 248, 257-258

Chico, River, 43, 46, 47, 58, 59

Chimango, 191

Chloephaga magellanica, _see_ upland goose

Christmas Day, 167-168

Colohuapi, 61, 63-65, 257

Colhué, Lake, 61

Columba maculosa, _see_ pigeon

Como No, 117, 118

Condor, 45, 147, 161, 164, 187, 191

Conepatus patagonicus, _see_ skunk

Cordillera, 2, 8, 121, 188, 215, 296

Corelli, M., 266

Coyly, River, 76, 289

Cruzado, 59, 137

Cygnus nigricollis, _see_ black-headed swan

Cypress, 275

Dafila spinicauda, _see_ brown pintail

Darwin, 2, 9, 27, 163, 181, 185, 187, 192, 252, 255, 257

Dasypus minutus, _see_ armadillo

Deseado, River, 136

Dogs, 46, 60, 245
Indian, 92, 111, 117-119

Dolichotis patagonica, _see_ cavy

Drake, Francis, 7-8

Duck, rosy-billed, 136

Farina, 269

Felis concolor puma, _see_ puma

Felis concolor pearsoni, 155, 253, 334-335

Felis onca, _see_ jaguar

Fenix, River, 127, 133

Fires, pampa, 140, 142, 143, 154, 220-222

FitzRoy, 254

Flamingo, 136, 187, 189

Forests, 224, 233, 265, 272-276, 296

Fox, pampa or grey, 26, 120, 231, 245-246, 258-259
red or Cordillera wolf, 132, 134, 142, 244-246, 259-265, 269,
274, 280
(Canis montanus), 260

Fuchsia, 228, 272

Gallegos, 2, 287, 289-291

Gateado, 51, 55, 61

Gaucho, 1, 12, 13, 32, 35-36, 38, 141

Genguel, River, 75, 120

Glaciers, 266-268, 272-275

Glaucidium nanum, _see_ pigmy owl

Gleditzsch, Fritz, 36-37, 68-69

Goose, ashy-headed, 37
upland, 73, 76, 79, 107, 123, 136

Grebe, 126, 209

Greenshields, 17, 30

Guanaco,
description, 27, 31, 81, 83, 105, 156, 256
habitat, 68, 107, 236, 254, 269, 280
habits, 43, 147, 236-239, 246, 255, 256
hunting with bolas, 105-107
with dogs, 106, 169, 237, 257
with rifle, 31, 49, 59-60, 138-140
mortality, 189, 203, 254
numbers, 27, 169, 189, 231, 254
skins, 83, 95

Gun, shot, 78

Hæmatopus palliatus, _see_ American oyster catcher

Hähansen, Bernardo, 183, 205-207, 213, 217, 264-265, 283, 286,
291

Hardy, Mrs., 185

Hawk, 275

Hell Gate, 220, 261-263, 277, 278

Hollesen, 68

Horqueta, 56

Horses, branding, 66
buying, 22
cargoing, 50-51, 55-56, 74
crossing river, 199, 211
friendships, 52
Indian, 110
names, 35
number, 26, 33
shoeing, 183
shooting with, 160
size, 110
straying, 37, 39
taming, 35, 36, 110

Huemul,
description, 146, 243, 249-250
habitat, 128, 248-249, 269, 280
habits, 163, 240-242, 249-251

Ibis, black-faced, 135

Icebergs, 267, 270, 274, 279

Incensio, 90

Indians, _see_ Tehuelches

Indian trail, 5, 109, 140, 171

Jaguar (felis onca), 68, 248, 325-326

Jeinemeni, River, 159, 161

Jones, H., 23, 76, 77, 139, 158, 166, 178, 242, 248

Katarina, River, 261, 279, 283-285

La Cancha, Laguna, 117

La Gaviota, 177, 179

Lama huanachus, _see_ Guanaco

Lapwings, cayenne, 187

Lasso, 77, 80

Launch,
breakdown, 213, 268, 271
description, 197, 200-201
passage of Leona, 204-212
North Fjord, 262-270, 278-280
South Fjord, 271-274

Leña dura, 228, 263, 265, 269, 286

Leona, River, 198, 201-212

Lion, _see_ puma

Madrina, 34

Magellan, 5, 87

Mareca sibilatrix, _see_ widgeon

Martineta, 49

Maté, 28, _passim_

Mauser, 49, 151, 157, 164, 233

Metopiana peposaca, _see_ rosy-billed duck

Mirage, 4, 29, 47

Moreno, Dr. F. P., 10, 242, 248, 261-262, 301-304

Moro, 290

Musters, Capt. G. C., 79, 88, 93, 99, 101, 247, 251, 332

Musters, Lake, 61

Mylodon, antiquity, 312-313, 315, 317, 329, 330
description of auditory ossicles, 321
brain cavity, 320
excrement, 323-324
skin, 305-309, 322-323
skull and mandible, 317-320
vertebræ and limb-bones, 321
discovery of remains, 302-304, 315-316
identification, 309-315, 324-325
number, 316
Tehuelche Legends, 330-333

Olin, River, 172

Onas,
hunting, 107
ill-treatment of, 109
physique, 108
weapons, 7
women, 108

Onohippidium saldiasi, 327

Orchids, 276

Ostrich, 26, 42, 43, 106, 231, 239
eggs, 45, 63, 146, 163
feathers, 119
habits, 136, 163, 239
hunting, 136, 137

Otter, 260

Overo, 41, 52

Owl, 275
pigmy, 269

Oyster-catchers, 117

Pampas, 1, 2, 4, 29, 30, 192

Paradox, 233

Parrot, 275

Patagonia,
climate, 5, 294
exploration, 5, 6-10
physical features, 2-4, 13
settlements, 11, 21-23

Pearson, Lake, 283-286, 334-335

Pearson's puma, 155, 253

Phœnicopterus ignipalliatus, _see_ flamingo

Picnics, 278

Pigafetta, 6

Pigeon, 158

Pintails, brown, 58, 74-78, 136

Plover, cayenne, 27

Primero de Mayo, 15-19

Puerto Belgrano, 17

Puerto Madryn, 19

Puma,
description, 45, 251
destructiveness, 30, 252
habitat, 44, 68, 212, 251
habits, 62, 242-244, 252
hunting, 62, 251
number, 251
size, 251

Punta Arenas, 2, 292

Querquedula cyanoptera, _see_ blue-winged teal

Querquedula versicolor, _see_ grey teal

Redwood, 275

Rhea Darwini, _see_ ostrich

Rica Lake, _see_ Lake Argentino

Roblé-wood, 265, 269

Rosada, 34, 52, 53

Santa Cruz, 178-180, 182, 192

Santa Cruz River, 181, 184, 198-199

Sarcorhamphus gryphus, _see_ condor

Scorpion, 127

Scrivenor, J. B., 17, 39, 49, 170, 181

Senguerr, River, 71, 72

Sheep farming, 17, 29, 62, 177, 294-295

Shoveller, red, 136

Skunk, 260

Snipe, 76, 189

Spatula platalea, _see_ red shoveller

Swan, black-necked, 78, 136

Teal, grey, 61
blue-winged, 77, 136
yellow-billed, 169

Tehuelches, 82-115
cacique, 7, 101
ceremonies at birth, 96
at marriage, 93
at burial, 97
character, 87, 90, 91, 92, 101-103
comparison with Esquimaux, 100

Tehuelches, comparison with Onas, 107-108
dance, 92
dress, 87, 94
drink, 88-89, 96, 102, 111-114
food, 87, 100
half-bloods, 91, 93, 94
horses, 99, 106, 110
hunting, 104-117
language, 101
marriage, 93
numbers, 88, 101, 109
occupation, 88, 94-95
physique, 6, 8, 9, 87-88, 90, 99, 101
religion, 97-99
skull-deformation, 92
smoking, 100-101
superstition, 86, 96-98
toldos, 82, 83, 85
weapons, 7, 89-90
women, 90-94, 288

Temperature, 58, 67, 120

Tent, 127, 173

Theristicus caudatus, _see_ black-faced ibis

Traders, 111-113, 295

Trelew, 20-22

Trelew, Mrs., 52, 170, 182

Vanellus cayennensis, _see_ cayenne plover

Ventana, Sierra, 175

Viedma, Lake, 9, 197, 203

Waag, H. P., 10, 62, 129, 174, 242, 291

Waggon, 42, 44, 47-49

Waldron, 11

Welsh colonies, 11, 21-23
colonists, 12, 22, 23, 64

Widgeon, 49, 58, 61, 133, 136, 269, 282

Wind, 116, 127

Wolf, Cordillera, 132, 134, 142, 244-246, 259-265, 269, 274, 280

Woodpecker, red-crested, 279

Xenelaphus bisulcus, _see_ huemul

Zaino, Little, 160, 167
old, 55, 71