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Thanks to careful packing, the material arrived in a good state of preser- 
vation and several very interesting plants have been recorded. The Agarics, 
however, proved exceedingly difficult to determine with any degree of 
certainty, and it was with great regret that not a few of the delicate 
species of this group had to be left unnamed. The series of coloured 
drawings will eventually be incorporated in the Kew collections, and will 
be available for future reference. 
The results obtained from the above collections are dealt with in detail in 
the respective sections—suffice it to say here that, apart from the value of 
the collections as such, they have provided several new species and a number 
of new records, and incidently led to the clearing up of various questions 
of systematic and geographical importance. 
Mrs. Vallentin writes as follows with regard to help received from friends 
in the Falklands :— 
“ Му grateful thanks for assistance and help are due to His Excellency 
The Governor of the Falklands and Mrs. Allardyce, also to W. H. Harding, 
Esquire, and W. C. Girling, Esquire, both of the Falkland Islands Co., and 
to Mr. and Mrs. Vere Packe and Mrs. О. Dean, all of Stanley. То Messrs. 
Homstead and Blake and to their courteous manager, Mr. Sydney Miller, and 
Mrs. Miller, through whose hospitality and kindness we were able to reside at 
Hill Cove and Shallow Bay and add considerably to our collections. From 
Mr. and Mrs. Benney, Mr. and Mrs. Buckworth of West Falklands, we also 
received much help. For valuable specimens added to my collections of 
alge my acknowledgments are due to Mrs. Halliday of West Point Island, 
and to Miss Harriet Goodwin of Shallow Bay. Lastly, to my husband, 
Mr. В. Vallentin, for his valuable care and advice in the management and 
transport of my collections." 
2. NOTES ON THE CoLLECTING-GROUND AND VEGETATION. 
The following notes by Mrs. Vallentin indicate the areas from which the 
collections, especially those of the algze, were obtained, and they give at the 
same time a clear idea of the vegetation in general :— 
“The Falkland archipelago, the largest cluster of islands in the South 
Atlantic, lies approximately between 51° 15’-52° 30' S. lat. and 57° 40'— 
62° 25’ W. long., and about 350 miles N.W. of the Straits of Magellan. 
Speaking generally, they occupy the same position in the southern hemi- 
sphere that Great Britain does in the northern. They consist of East Falk- 
lands (area 3000 square miles) and the West Falklands (2300 square miles), 
and numerous islands and islets, totalling about 7000 square miles. Mount 
Adam, the highest peak, 2360 ft., is located on the western island and, being 
near our headquarters, was carefully explored. This range culminates on 
West Point Island with its stupendous cliffs 1200 feet in height. The 
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