of the Faroe Islands. 157 



The numbers and proportions of the principal families of the 

 phenogamous plants are as follow : 



Number of 



Species, 



24 



27 

 14 



6 



6 

 10 



6 



6 

 11 



Cj'peraceae, 



GraminecB, 



Junceae, 



Orchidea, 



Amentaceae, 



Polygonea, 



Plantagineae, 



Labiatie, . . 



Scropl) iilarin e<e, 



Proportion to 



whole Phenogamous 



Vegetation. 



11 



9 



1,9 



45 



45 



45 



45 

 24 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



PlSTIACEU;. 



Lemna polyrhiza 



TyPHACEiE. 



Sparganium natans 



AnSMACE^iE. 



Potamogeton pusillus 



perfoliatiis 

 111 c ens 

 natans 



Zostera marina 



CVPERACE,€. 



Eriophorum vaginatum 



aneustifolium 

 polystachyon 

 Scirpus maritimus. 

 Eleocharis palustris 

 Ccespitosus 

 Baeothryon 

 acicularis 

 fluitans 

 Carex dioica 



pulicaris 

 incurva 

 arenaria 

 stellulata 

 pallescens 

 flava 

 panicea 

 recurva 

 Cffispitosa 

 rigida 

 stricta 

 acuta 

 riparia 

 Elyna scirpina 



Gramine-e. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum 

 Nardus stricta 

 Alopecurus pratensis 



geniculatus 

 Phalaris arundinacea 

 Plileum pratcnse 

 Agrostis canina 



Number of 

 Species. 



20 Compositae, 



3 Umbelliferae, 

 9 Saxifrageit, 



11 Rosacea;, . . 



4 l>eguminosae, 

 17 Caryophyllaceae, 

 lb' Cruciferse, 

 10 Ranunculaceae, 



Proportion to 

 whole Phenogamous 

 Vegetation. 

 13 

 90 

 30 

 24 

 67 

 15 

 15 

 27 



. vivipara 



GRAMINEiE. 



Agrostis vulgaris 



alba 

 Aira csespitosa 

 alpina 

 flexuosa 

 Melica coerulea 

 Holcus lanatus 



mollis 

 Poa fluitans 

 alpina 



/S. 

 trivialis 

 annua 



CEtsia of Eng. Bot. t. 1719. 

 Daetylis glomerata 

 Festuca ovina 



/;. vivipara 

 rubra 

 pratensis 

 Bromus arvensis 

 Elymus arenarius 

 Triticum repens 



JUNCE.^. 



J uncus efl'ucus 



conglomeratus 



ulipinosus 



trifidus 



bufonius 



squarrosus 



triglumis 



biglumis 

 Luzula sylvatica 



pilosa 



/5. maxima 



campestris 



arcuata 



spicata 

 Narthecmm ossifragum • 



Jf.VCAGlXE^E. 



Triglochin maritimum 

 palustre 



LlI.IACE^. , 



Scilla verna -f- 



Ihidejj. 



Iris pscudacorus 



" Generally in flower about the last week in July 1821 

 t About three miles north of VVaii, on the west coast 



tion of about 'MW feet 



of Sudoroc, at an cleva- 



