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Senecio littoralis Gaud. 



" Common both in the E. and VV. Falklands." (R. V.) 

 N'lssatcvia Gatidichaudii Cass. 

 Leuceria {Chabraea) suaveolens D. C. 



" Vanilla Daisy. Common on heaths in both the E. and 

 W". Falklands." (R. V.) 

 Perezia ( Homoiatithus) echinulatus Cass. 



" Flowers white and lavender. Abundant on sandy ground." 

 (R. V.) 

 Taraxacum officinale Wigg. 



"A form flourished on the cultivated ground in Stanley." 

 (R. V.) 

 Gaultheria J7iicrophylla Hook, f. { = antarctica Hook, f.) 



This is the Arbutus microphylla Forst., and therefore this 

 specific name has preference. 

 Gentiana maoellanica Gaud. 



"A common plant growing in marshes." (R. V.) 

 Primula farinosa L. /3 magellafiica Lehm. 

 E7?ipetrum rubrum Vahl. 



Conspecific with E. nigrum L. of the Northern Hemisphere, 

 only differing in the colour of its berries. This is the 

 ' Diddle-Dee ' plant of the colonists. 

 Pogonia {Codonorchis) Lessonii Lindl. 

 Sisvrifichium filijolium Gaud. 

 " Pale Maidens. A spring flower, blooming in November, 

 very generally distributed. The great majority of the 

 wild flowers of the Falklands are white, this being due, 

 I suppose, to the absence of continuous sunshine." 

 (R. V.) 

 Callixene marginata Comm. 

 Astelia pumila Br. 

 Rostkovia grandifiora Hook. f. 



" On both hill-sides and marshy ground. Common in both 

 E. and W. Falklands." (R. V.) 



Gaifnardia austraiis Gaud. 

 Common in peaty swamps. 



