FLORA OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 317 
Cerastium arvense, var. strictum, Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 251; Macloskie, Fl. 
Patag. viii. 388. 
East and West Falklands, common, Gaudichaud, Hooker, 87! Vallentin, 
:261 Nichol! 
Flowers white, delightfully fragrant. 
Montia fontana, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. I. 87 ; Hook. Ё. Fl. Ant. ii. 278. 
IY Urville, Hooker! Vallentin! Nichol! 
Europe, temperate Asia, New Zealand, Kerguelen Is., N. and S. America. 
Oxalis enneaphylla, Cav. Ic. v. 7, t. 411; Gaud. in Ann. Sei. Nat. 17* sér. 
v. (1825) 105, and in Freye. Voy. Bot, 137; Оту. in Меп. бос. Linn. 
Paris, iv. (1826) 616; Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 253. 
East and West Falklands, common, Abbott! Wright! Hooker, 69! Firmin, 
221 Nichol! Cunningham (Stanley)! Vallentin, 18! 
Antiscorbutic. А delicious and refreshing drink can be made from the 
stalks. Flowers scented, white, pink or mauve; Dec.-Jan. 
Rubus geoides, Sm. Ic. Ined. t. 19 ; Hook. f. Fl. Ant. п. 263. R. antarcticus, 
Banks & Soland. ex Hook. f. l. c. Dalibarda geoides, Pers. Syn. ii. 53 ; 
Gaud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1" sér. iv. (1825) 106, and in Егеус. Voy. Bot. 
138 ; Urv. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris, iv. (1826) 620. 
Nichol! East Falklands; abundant by rivers at Berkeley Sound, Vallentin, 
16! West Falklands; Mount Cook, Roy Cove, Vallentin ! 
Flowers white, Nov.-Jan. Fruit resembling wine-berries in appearance 
and almost as large as raspberries, with a delicious flavour, ripening Jan.- 
Feb. 
Magellan Straits, Port Famine, Good Success Вау. 
Acæna ascendens, Vahl, Enum. 1. 297 ; Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 268; Macloskie 
Fl. Patag. viii. 477. Aneistrum humile, Pers. Syn. i. 30. 
Abundant, Gaudichaud | D? Urville, Firmin, 13 ! 
Magellan, Good Success Bay, South Georgia. 
Acæna lucida, Vahl, Enum. i. 296 ; Lam. Ш. i. t. 22, fig. 3; Hook. f. Fl. 
Ant. п. 266, t. 94. . 
Abundant, Hooker! Common on dry ground, Vallentin, 11! Nichol! 
Flowers greenish bronze. 
Aczna levigata, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 1. 68 ; Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 267. 
Hooker Y Lyall! Chartres! Nichol! West Falklands ; near streams, Roy 
Cove, Vallentin, 10! 
Grows to a good height in sheltered valleys. The crimson heads of flowers 
are very striking. 
Magellan, Hermite Island. 
