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heet- CG aat I lin ptt | /V81% BF Benj — | The above specimen is Astelia pumila (Forst.) Banks & Sol. It would have been collected by Archibald Menzies, not on the west coast of N. America, but on Staten Island (Isla de los Estados), Tierra del Fuego, Argentina when he landed there in February 1778, during a voyage with Capt.James Colnett, on which he served as naturalist. Eric W. Groves Bhai ie 1998) ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH laa copyright ae ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH E00502965 |
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