FROM THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 187 
р. 18; De Toni, Syll. Alg. iv. р. 1133. Rhodomela (raimardi, Hook. f. et 
Harv. in Fl. Ant. И. р. 481, tab. 184 (non Ag., nec Mont.). 
E. Falklands ; Berkeley Sound, Hooker; Port Stanley, /Johenacker, Abbott. 
W. Falklands ; West Point Island, Roy Cove, Vallentin. 
Disrris. Fuegia, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen. 
This is the plant referred to R. Gaimardi, Gaud., by Hooker & Harvey 
in ‘Flora Antarctica” J. Agardh refused this identification and described 
Hooker’s plant as a new species—/?. /ookeriana. It is not certain whether 
Agardh was justified in this, as the species of the genus are well known 
to vary at different seasons of the year. The original material also of 
№№. Gaimardi requires to be re-examined. 
With regard to the synonym L. tenuis, my thanks are due to Madame Weber 
van Bosse for allowing me to examine Kiitzing’s specimen. Its identity is 
clear enough, but a difficulty arose as to nomenclature, since the exact date 
of publieation was not easy to ascertain, and copies of. Kützing's paper are 
exceedingly scarce. Iam indebted to Mr. Gepp for drawing my attention 
to a reference in Hedwigia (xxxii. p. 333), which showed that the paper was 
published in the ‘Programme der Realschule zu Nordhausen ’ in 1863, and 
to Madame Weber, who at the same moment confirmed the date by means of 
a separate copy in the library of the Botanical Society of Holland. Аз 
Agardh's name, which was published in the same year, is well known and 
has been generally accepted, and, as Kützing's has always been uncertain, 
the former should unquestionably be adopted. 
L.? GAIMARDI, De Toni, Syll. Alg. iv. p. 858. Rhodomela Gaimardi, Ag. 
Кр. 1. p. 880 (non Mont., nec Hook. f. et Harv.). 
Falkland Islands, Gaudichaud. 
DisrRIB. Falkland Islands. 
See note under L. /Tookeriana. 
L. PATULA, De Toni, Syll. Alg. iv. p. 859. Rhodomela patula, Hook. f. et 
Harv. in Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. (1845) p. 264 ; Fl. Ant. ii. p. 481, tab. 183. 
fig. 4. 
E. Falklands ; Port William, Berkeley Sound, //ooker. 
DISTRIB. Fuegia, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen. 
POLYSIPHONIA ANISOGONA, Hook. f. et Harv. in Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. (1845) 
р. 265; Fl. Ant. ii. p. 478, tab. 182. fig. 2. 
E. Falklands; Berkeley Sound, Hooker. W. Falklands ; Roy Cove, 
Vallentin ; West Point Island, Vallentin, Hennis. 
Distrip. Fuegia, Falkland Islands, S. Georgia, Kerguelen. 
Apparently common and very variable. Mrs. Vallentin’s specimens show 
that the species attains a considerable size, and that Hooker’s ty pe-specimens 
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