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obtained a plant of Shepherd’s Purse! “But,” said the dis- 
appointed botanist who had made the request, “ I hope for 
better things to-morrow.” A letter, dated Berkeley Sound, 
East Falkland, August 28th, 1842, proceeds thus : 
* Our stay in this Island has afforded me time for investi- 
gating its botany as fully as the wintry season and stormy 
weather will permit, and I would fain hope that little has 
escaped my notice. Some of my specimens are imperfect, 
owing to the time of year; and I have only gathered such 
because they may yet be determined at home; or if not, 
they may add one or two to certain Natural Orders, whose 
geographical distribution is a subject of much interest to me. 
Among the Lichens I have had a fine field here; some of 
them, especially the rupincolous species, are particularly 
handsome. 
* The collection ready for hdi home, contains nume- 
rous specimens of every tribe of plants found in the Falk- 
lands, with the exception of the Alga, which here attain 
gigantic dimensions. My notes are rather copious, both on 
the plants themselves, and their distribution in the various 
parts of the Island. All the plants enumerated by Gaudi- 
chaud as having been found by himself and others, have 
come under my notice, except three or four. 
* Mosses are now, and- only now, showing fructification ; 
many of the species I have only found in a barren state, 
especially among the Pleurocarpi. 
* There are of Andrea, two sp. Of Sphagnum, one (or what 
might be called three). Grimmia, two, in fr. Trichostomum, 
our hoary friend (T. canescens), barren and very scarce. One 
Orthotrichum, resembling the Kerguelen’s Island maritime 
Species. Didymodon, two or three. Dicranum, two. Cam- 
pylopus, one. Tortula,two. Three Brya, in fruit. Funaria. 
Bartramia, two, in fruit. Polytrichum, two, barren. Several 
Hypna, and two Hookerie, all barren. About ten species 
of Jungermannia, two Marchantie, anda Riccia. There are 
about thirty species of Lichen, and among these, Usnea melag- 
antha, which is quite different from the yellow Kerguelen’s 
