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104. Tussack, (Dactylis cespitosa, Forst.) 105. Gnaphalium 
consanguineum. 
* As the ships remained a few days at the Falkland Islands, 
after their return from Cape Horn, itis to be presumed that 
further additions were made to the collection, since the early 
summer was approaching ; ; indeed, the botanist says, on one 
occasion : * [ this morning took off my hat to the first flow- 
ering specimens of Viola maculata and Calceolaria Fother- 
gillii.? 
We have now only briefly to notice the botanical results 
contained in the latest and very recent intelligence that has 
been received from the “Erebus and Terror,” namely a 
voyage, made from the Falkland Islands to St. Martin's 
Cove, Hermite Island, which lies westward-of Cape Horn, 
which noted promontory they consequently had to double, 
now for the second time, in order to attain it. By the natu- 
ralist, indeed, this visit could not fail to be hailed with pecu- 
lar pleasure; for, although situated in a higher, or more 
southern latitude than the Falkland Islands (nearly 56? of 
south latitude), or, indeed, than any spot, yet explored by the 
expedition, possessing aught of vegetable life; yet it was well 
ascertained to be a forest land, and that this forest was com- 
posed of two species of little known, yet highly beautiful 
Beech-trees, the one having deciduous and the other ever- 
green foliage. A third and still more interesting evergreen 
tree (for a tree it may be called, seeing that it attains a height 
of 40 to 50 feet), is the once celebrated Winter's Bark, (Dri- 
mys Winteri of Forster). By its first discoverers, its virtues 
were highly vaunted ; but soon the bark of Canella alba, being 
much more easily procu was substituted for it, and our 
antaretic Drimys is now unknown in the practice of physic. 
To accomplish this voyage, the ships, with a portion of the 
officers, left Berkeley Sound on the 6th of September, the 
spring of these southern latitudes, and arrived at their place 
of destination on the 21st of the same month. Hermite Island 
may be considered the most southerly spot on the globe where. 
any thing like arborescent vegetation is to be found ; and this | 
