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flowered shrubby plant of a new genus, which we called EMBOTHRIUM
_coccineum_; two new kinds of berberis, (BERBERIS _ilicifolia et
mitior_;) an arbutus with cuspidated leaves (ARBUTUS _mucronata_;) and
lastly, the tree bearing the winter's bark (DRYMIS _winteri_,) which,
however, in these rocky barren parts of Terra del Fuego never exceeds
the size of a tolerable shrub; whereas in Success Bay, on a gentle
sloping ground, in a rich and deep soil, it grows to the size of the
largest timber. The falling leaves, the rotting mossy plants, and
various other circumstances, increase the mould and form a deeper
soil, more and more capable of bearing larger plants. Thus they all
enlarge the vegetable system, and rescue new animated parts of the
creation from their inactive chaotic state."--F.

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