Falklands, etc.] FLORA ANTARCTICA. 351 



intermedio producto apice subdilatato obtuso incrassato nudiusculo, sepalis lateralibus linearibus ultra 

 medium incrassatis apice obtusis carnosis rnarginibus inflexis, petalis ovatis obtusis sepalis -j brevioribus, 

 spica triilora, scapo fobato. 



Hab. Strait of Magalhaens ; Elizabeth Island, C. Danvin, Esq. 



Planta 1-1-j- pedalis. Folia basi longe vaginantia ; lamina ovato-lanceolata, sub-recurva. Bract ete ovato- 

 lanceolatae, acuminate, metnbranaceas, concavse. Mores erecti, majusculi, speciosi. Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, 

 omnino nuda, superiore obtuso, lateralibus linearibus, supra medium siccitate nigrescentibus, omnia petalaque 

 venosa et transversim venulosa. Lahellum coriaeeum, recur vum, marginibus involutis, petalis aequilongum. 

 Columna petabs paido brevior, areuata. 



A perfectly distinct and very handsome species, confined in its habitat to that eastern portion of the Straits of 

 Magalhaens, where, as Mr. Darwin remarks, the Floras of Fuegia and Patagonia are blended. 



2. ASARCA, Poepp. 



1. Asaiica Commersonii, Lindley, Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 405, sub Clilorsea. 



Hab. Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson ; Falkland Islands (Western Island ?) ; Mr. Wright, Mr. Chartres. 



Brongniart's description and figure are very characteristic of the Falkland Island specimens of this plant, 

 which is quite distinct from the following. I have seen no Magellanic or Fuegian individuals, Cajrt. King's Port 

 Famine Chlorcea or Asarca being a totally different species. Mi - . Wright and Mr. Chartres having gathered it in 

 the Western of the two Falkland Islands, and no other collectors having met with it in the Eastern, I am inclined 

 to consider this plant as one of the Fuegian species which has not spread to the eastern parts of the group, as is 

 the case with the Veronica elliptica. 



2. Asarca odoratissima, Poepp., Nov. Gen. et Sp. Plant. Per. et Chit. vol. ii. p. 13. 1. 118. IAndley, 

 Gen.etSp. Orchid, p. 407. 



Hab. Falkland Islands (Western Island?), Mr. Wright. 



Mr. Wright's specimen of a spike of this plant, preserved in spirits, entirely accords with the figure of Poeppig. 



3. Asarca (?) Kingii, Hook, fil.; labello breviter unguiculato oblongo obtuso indiviso integerrimo 

 nudo membranaceo nervis mediis vix incrassatis, sepalis lateralibus lanceolatis acuminatis apicibus simplicibus. 

 petabs oblongo-obovatis obtusis sepalis labelloquc paulo brevioribus, spica 6-8-flora. 



Hab. Strait of Magalhaens ; woods of Port Famine, Capt. King. 



Herba pedalis. Folia radicaba 6-miciaba, lanceolata, acuminata. Scapus foliatus. Spica 2—4 unc. longa. 

 Bractem ovato-lanceolatse, acuminata?, membranacea?, concavse. Mores pro genere parvi, flavi. Sepala vix a unc. 

 longa, membranacea, venosa, lanceolata, lateralibus basi angustioribus. Petala sepalis paulo breviora. Laiellwm 

 sepalis a?quilongum, omnino indivisum. Columna brevissima. 



The short column has induced me to refer this very distinct plant to the genus Asarca, for in a dried state it 

 is almost impossible to determine whether the petals are patent or conniving. 



3. CODONOECHIS, Lindl. 



1. Codonokchis Lessoiiii, Lindl., Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 411. C. Poeppigii, Lindl. I.e. Calopogon 

 Lessonii, Brongn. in Duperrey Foy. Pot. p. 188. t. 37. f. 1. Pogonia tetraphylla, Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. 

 fyc. vol.ii. p. 16. 1. 122. Epipactis Lessonii, D' Urv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, vol.iv. p. 605. (Tab. CXXV.) 



