338 ON THE FLORA OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 
Falkland Islands, Lesson ! Hooker, 117 ! Abbott! D'Urville! East Falk- 
lands: Mount William, Cunningham! West Falklands : Roy Cove, under 
rocks near the sea, rare, Vallentin, 19 ! 
Amsterdam Is., Marion Is., Patagonia, Chile. 
Asplenium magellanicum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. 175 ; Hook. et Grev. Ic. Fil. 
t. 180; Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 392 ; Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. ed. 2, 213. 
West Falklands : Port Edgar, Vallentin ! 
Hermite Is., Fuegia, Patagonia, Chile. 
Blechnum Penna-marina, Kubn, Fil. Afr. 92; С. Christens. Ind. 158. 
Polypodium Реппа-татта, Poir. Encycl. v. 520. Lomaria alpina; 
Spreng. Syst. iv. 62; Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 32; Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 
ed. 2, 179. Г. polypodioides, Gaud.in Ann. Sci. Nat. v. (1828) 908, and 
in Freye. Voy. Bot. 374. L. blechnoides, Bory in Duperrey, Voy. Bot., 
Crypt. 273. L. antarctica, Carmich. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. (1819) 512. 
L. linearis, Colenso in Tasman. Phil. Journ. i. (1841) 376, ii. (1844) 176. 
Stegania alpina, B. latiuscula, Bory ex Urv. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris, 
iv. (1826) 597. 
Falkland Islands, Hooker, 17 ! common throughout the archipelago, Vallentin,. 
59! West Falklands, Cunningham! Port William, Lechler, 84. 
Tristan d'Aeunha, Magellan, St. Paul, Marion, Kerguelen and Gough. 
Islands, S. Brazil, New Zealand. 
This speeies often covers the ground for many yards ; its fronds come up 
ruddy in the spring, and gradually change to a dark glossy green. 
Blechnum tabulare, Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 94; С, Christens. Ind. 160. Lomaria 
Boryana, Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 292 ; Hook. & Вак. Syn. Fil. ed. 2, 180. 
L. magellanica, Desv. Berl. Mag. v. (1811) 330 ; Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 
393 ; var. angustisecta, Bory т Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris, iv. (1826) 597. 
L. setigera, Gaud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1 sér. v. (1825) 98, and in Freye. 
Voy. Bot. 130. L. robusta, Carmich. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. (1828) 
512. L. zamioides, Gard. ex Hook. f. Fl. Ant. ii. 393. Pteris palme- 
formis, Thouars, Fl. Tristan d’Acunha, 30. * Ceterach,” Pernetty, Voy. 
ii. 56. ` 
Falkland Islands, abundant, Wright ! Vallentin ! Nichol! East Falklands, 
Cunningham! Berkeley Sound, Darwin, 403 ! West Falklands ; Roy Cove, 
Vallentin, 58 ! 
Temperate and tropical S. America, West Indies, South Africa. 
The young fronds come up bright red, colouring the hill-sides where they 
grow. Ап abnormal form with the pinnæ acuminate at the apex and much 
narrowed throughout the lower half has been found only once at Roy Cove: 
by Mrs. Vallentin (no. 60). 
