FLORA OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 335 
Poa flabellata, Hook. f. in Phil. Trans. clxviii. (1877) 22 in obs. ; Macloskie, 
Fl. Patag. viii. 227. Poa cespitosa, Birger in Engl. Jahrb. xxxix. (1906) 
293,t.2. Dactylis cespitosa, Forst. Comm. Goett. ix. (1789) 22; Hook. f. 
in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 298, tt. 9-10, and Fl. Ant. ii. 384, 
tt. 136-7. Festuca cespitosa, Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. ii. 732. 
К. flabellata, Lam. Encycl. ii. 462; Gaud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1" sér. у. 
(1825) 100, and in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 409; Оту. in Меш. Soc. Linn. 
Paris, iv. (1826) 603; Brongn, in Duperrey, Voy. Bot. 36. * Glayeux,” 
Pernetty, Voy. i. 343. 
Gaudichaud | Abbott ! Hooker, 104! Morony, 1341! Vallentin, 57 ! 
Magellan, Fuegia, Staten Land, Hermite Island, 8. Georgia. 
Tussac Grass. Very abundant throughout the islands in Hooker’s time, 
now confined to small islets and enclosed areas. Cattle are very fond of its. 
edible roots, hence its rapid extinction. 
Poa pratensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. I. 67 ; Hook.f. Fl. Ant. ii.379 ; Macloskie, 
Fl. Patag. viii. 229. Р. compressa, var. virescens, Urv. in Мет. Soc. Linn. 
Paris, iv. (1826) 600. P. alpina, Brongn. in Duperrey, Voy. Bot. 44, 
non Linn. 
Falkland Islands, ex Macloskie. 
Magellan, Port Famine, Good Success Bay, North temperate region. 
Festuca antarctica, Kunth, Rév. Gram. i. 132, non Spreng. ; Hook. f. Fl. 
Ant. ii. 882; Macloskie, Fl. Patag. viii. 233. Arundo antarctica, Оту. 
in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris, iv. (1826) 602. 
East Falklands; Port William, very scarce, Hooker! West Falklands ; 
Roy Cove, fairly common, Vallentin, 75 ! 
Patagonia ? 
Festuca arenaria, Lam. Encycl. i. 191; Оту. in Мет. Soc. Linn. Paris, iv. 
(1826) 602; Brongn. in Duperrey, Voy. Bot. 35 ; Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 
382. 
Falkland Islands, Commerson! Gaudichaud | Baie Francaise, Lesson! 
Magellan, Port Famine. 
Festuca Arundo, Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 381. F. Alopecurus, Оту. in Mém. 
Soc. Linn. Paris, iv. (1826) 664 ; Brongn. in Duperrey, Voy. Bot. 32. 
Poa Alopecurus, Kunth, Enum, Pl. 1. 256. Arundo Alopecurus, Gaud. 
‘in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1" sér. v. (1825) 100, and in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 409. 
Abundant, D’ Urville, Hooker ! 
