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Xir.— FILICES ET LYCOPODIACE^. 



1. LOMARIA ALPINA, Hook. fil. — Dr. Hooker mentions this Fern as 

 *♦ very scarce". We found it exceedingly common ; mostly barren. 



2. POLYPODIUM (Grammitis) australe. — In crevices of rocks ; 

 rare. New to Kerguelen Island. 



3. PoLYPODiUM VULGARE. — Creviccs of rocks by running streams ; 

 altitude 200 feet and upward. Abundant. New to the island. 



4. CiSTOPTERis FRAGiLis. — Not common. Crevices of rocks near 

 hill-tops. [* No specimens in the collection. — A. G.] New to the island. 



5. Lycopodium selago, Linn. — Rare. 



6. Lycopodium clavatum (var. Magellanicum). — More common, 

 but very local. 



B.— MUSCI. 



Determined by Thomas P. James, Esq. 



1. Andre^a marginata, Hoolc. fil. & Wils. Fl. Antarc. ii, p. 3&-o, 

 1. 151, f. 1.— Oq high rocks, 1,500 feet altitude. 



2. Ceratodon purpureus, Brid. Br. Uuivers, i, p. 480. — In a vari- 

 ety of forms; very common. 



3. Griivimia frondosa, James, sp. nov. — " Laxe csespitosa valde fasti 

 giata, ramosa, fusco-viridis, gracilis; folia erecto-patentia, coi)cava cur 

 vataangustelanceolata canaliculata, in pilum hyalinum. sublcf-vem termi 

 nata, costa sub pilo evanida ; inferne depilia rigida acumine.ta ; margins 

 erecta, cellulis basi oblongis laxioribus flavidis et usqae medium folii 

 quadratis superne remotis subrotundis versus apicera obscuris." 



Growing with Andrecea marginata ; found only in a barren condition. 



4. Grimmia KiDDERi, James, sp. nov. — " Compp.ctc globosa, pulviaata, 

 pusilla fastigiata, ramosissima, atrato-viridis- rigida ; folia caulini den- 

 sissima, erecta patentia angustelanceo^ata, interiora canaliculata acumi- 

 nata strictiusculasuperioraelongata curvnlaij pilum brevem hyalinum 

 subljEvem producta; nervo ad basin lato infra apicein evanido margine 

 erecta, cellulis basi angustis elongatis flavidis pellucidis superne sensiin 

 quadratis minutis subopacis." 



Growing in small globular masses on hill-sides at some distance from 



'the sea. The small balls formed by this curious moss £eem not to be 



rooted to any other plant, but to be blown about by the wind indiscrim- 



* Probably lost in transportation. The identification was given me by Rev. A. E. 

 Eaton, of the English transit-party. — J. H. K. 



