NOTES ON THE PLANTS AND INSECTS OF KERGUELEN. 53 



an Isaria ; but the component cells are large, and the production 

 is not, I think, fungoid. 



78. A. (Psilocybe) atro-rufus, Schtpff. t. 234. 

 Spores lemon-shaped, •00028 inch long. 



Keuguelen's Land. 



79. A. (Naucoria) glebarum, B. I. c. 



On Azorella, Jan. 1874. 



80. A. (Galera) hypnorum, Batsch. 

 On Azorella, Jan. 18/4. 



Spores '0004 inch long. 



81. Coprinus tomentosus, Fr. Bull. t. 138. 

 On dung, Jan. 1874. 



82. Peziza kerguelensis, B. Fl. Ant. tab. 164. fig. 3. 

 On the ground, Betsy Cove, Royal Sound, Jan. 1874. 



XXVII. Further notes on the Plants of jKerguelen, with some re- 

 marks on the Insects. By H. N. Mo^eley, M.A., Naturalist to 

 H.M.S. ' Challenger/ (In a Letter addressed to Dr. Hooker, 



Pres. U.S.) 



[Read February 4, 1875.] 



I am very glad that the collection of Marion-Island and Kerguelen 

 plants was satisfactory. I found Nitella and the Limosella only in 

 the lake at Christmas Harbour. The Limosella I may have over- 

 looked in other places, since it so curiously simulates the linear- 

 leaved aquatic form of the Ranunculus. This linear-leaved form of 

 R. crassipes was extremely abundant at Betsy Cove, and I gathered 

 many specimens. At the lake at Christmas Harbour this form 

 is also abundant, and grows mixed with the Limosella. Hence 

 in hunting for Limosella without any very definite idea as to 

 its appearance, I constantly overlooked it, thinking all that I saw 



to be the aquatic form of the Ranunculus. I think there must be 

 some mistake about the antarctic species of Ranunculus. Two 

 forms of R. crassipes appear to have been described as separate 

 species. I think my specimens may show this. The only other 

 plant besides Limosella and Nitella which appears to be local in 

 Kerguelen is the Vncinia. 1 found this only in the one spot on 

 Mount Bromley. The Lomaria supposed by you to be rare in 



