viii BOTANICAL RESULTS OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



tions, in the present volume. The following is a complete list of the original papers 

 and their place of publication : 



BROWN, R. N. RUDMOSE, "The Botany of Gougli Island: I., Phanerogams and Ferns," Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Land., Bot., xxxvii. pp. 238-250. Plates. 



- "The Botany of the South Orkneys : I.," Trans, and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin., xxiii., part i. pp. 105-110. 



- " Contributions towards the Botany of Ascension," Trans, and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin., xxiii. pp. 199-204. 

 CARDOT, JULES, " Les Mousses de 1' Expedition nationale autarctique ecossaise," Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., 



xlviii. pp. 67-82. Plates. 

 DARBISHIRE, 0. V., "The Botany of Gougli Island: II. Lichens," Journ. Linn. Soc. Land., Bot., xxxvii. 



pp. 266-267. 



" The Lichens of the South Orkneys," Trans, and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin., xxiii., part i. pp. 108-1 10. Plate. 



FOSLIE, M., "Calcareous Alga?," KongL Norske Vidensfc. Selsk., Trondhjem (1904), p. 3. 



FRITSCH, F. E., " Freshwater Alga? collected in the South Orkneys," Journ. Linn. Soc. Land., Bot., xl. 



pp. 293-338. 

 GEPP, A. and E. 8., "Antarctic Algae," Journ. Bot., April 1905 and May 1905. Plate. 



- "More Antarctic Algae," loc. cit., July 1905. Plate. 



- " Atlantic Algae of the Scotia," lor. cit., April 1905. 



HOLMES, E. M., "Some South Orkney Algae," Journ. Bot., July .1905. 



WRIGHT, C. H., "The Botany of Gough Island: II. Mosses and Hepatics and Fungi," Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Land., Bot., xxxvii. pp. '264, 265. 



- "The Mosses of the South Orkneys," Trans, and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin., xxiii., part i. 



(Note. The two papers by Mr Wright on the mosses are not republished in the 

 present volume, since Monsieur Carclot has redetermiued the mosses of the Scotia, and 

 has entirely superseded previous papers on the subject.) 



I have taken advantage of the occasion of the republication of these papers to ask 

 the various authors to bring them up to date in the light of the most recent research, 

 and I have added a general discussion of the problems of Antarctic botany. 



My thanks are due for valuable assistance to the following who have collaborated 

 with me in the work of describing the Scotia botanical collections : Monsieur Jules 

 Cardot, Dr 0. V. Darbishire, the late Mr M. Foslie, Professor F. E. Fritsch, Mr A. and 

 Mrs E. S. Gepp, Mr E. M. Holmes, and Mr C. H. Wright. I would also record 

 my thanks to Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., late Director of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, for permission to make use of the Kew Herbarium ; to Mr W. B. 

 Hemsley, F.R.S., and Professor J. W. H. Trail, F.R.S., for advice on certain points ; 

 and to the Societies in whose publications certain of these papers originally appeared, 

 for permission to reprint. 



It had been intended to dedicate this volume on Antarctic botany to Sir Joseph 

 Dalton Hooker, the earliest pioneer of botanical investigation in South Polar lands and 

 seas. His death on December 10, 1^11, has prevented this; so all that can be done 

 is to offer these papers as some slight tribute to the memory of that great man. 



R. N. RUDMOSE BROWN. 

 EDINBURGH, March 1912. 



