The beech being found here and peat being found here, and general appearance of landscape, connects the Chonos Islands and T.del Fuego.

I saw the Alerce (313/1.

"Alerse" is the local name of a South American timber, described in Capt.

King's "Voyages of the 'Adventure' and 'Beagle,'" page 281, and rather doubtfully identified with Thuja tetragona, Hook.
("Flora Antarctica," page 350.)) on mountains of Chiloe (on the mainland it grows to an enormous size, and I always believed Alerce and Araucaria imbricata to be identical), but I am ashamed to say I absolutely forget all about its appearance.

I saw some Juniper-like bush in T.del Fuego, but can tell you no more about it, as I presume that you have seen Capt.