20 OTTO VERNON DARBISHIRE, (Schwed. Südpolar-Exp. 
30. James Ross’ Island, Crownprince Gustaf Channel, about 64° S. Lat. 
31. James Ross’ Island, Cape Lagrelius, 63° 55’ S. Lat. 
32. Cockburn Island, 64° 15’ S. Lat. 
33. Seymour Island, Cape Seymour, 64° 20’ S. Lat. 
34. Snow Hill Island, 64° 20' S. Lat. 
Up till now the furtbest-south point at which any plant has been found is 78° 
South Latitude and 162° East Longitude, at a height of 5,000 feet. The lichen 
brousht back from this point by SCOTT’S Antarctic Expedition of I9OI—I904 was 
Lecanora subfusca (L.) ACH. (DARBISH. Ant. Arct. p. 6). 
It may be briefly stated here that the localities enumerated above under Tierra 
del Fuego and the Falkland Islands belong to Subantarctic South America, those 
under South Georgia are also to be classed as subantarctic, the rest being purely 
antarctic. 
An asterisk denotes a new locality. 
CONIOCARRI. 
Sphaerophoron PERS. 
Sphaerophoron compressum AcH. — HUE Lich. Extra-Europ. No. 38. 
Literature: CROMB. Fueg. p. 223. — HEıLe. N. Z. p. 129. — Hook. Fl. Ant. I, p. 196; II, p. 530. — 
Mürr. Mag. p. 146. — MÜLL. Speg. No. 3. — Nyr. Fueg. p. 3. 
Distribution: Japan; Southern Africa; North and South America; Australia and New Zealand; Europe. 
Localities: Tierra del Fuego (7); Falkland Islands (8, 9). — Sterile, over earth and 
moss. 
Sphaerophoron coralloides PERS. — HUE Lich. Extra-Europ. No. 35. 
Literature: CROMB. Fueg. p. 223. — HELLB. N. Z. p. 130. — Hook. Fl. Ant. II, p. 529. — Nyr. Fueg 
pP: 3: 
Sphaerophoron globiferum D. C. — Mürr. Mag. p. 145. — MüLr. Speg. No. 2. 
Sphaerophorus globosus (HuDs.) WAaIn. — Waın. Belg. p. 35. 
Sphacrophoron tenerum LAURER var. curtum Hook. and Tayr. — Hook. Fl. Ant. I, p. 195 (sec. 
Mürr. Lich. Beitr. No. 1216). 
Distribution: This is practically a cosmopolitan species. 
Localities: Tierra del Fuego (1); Falkland Islands (8, 9 fr.); South Georgia* (12, 16, 
19, 20); Graham Land (26). — Over earth and moss. 
Sphaerophoron tenerum LAURER. — HUE Lich. Extra-Europ. No. 37. 
Literature: CROMB. Fueg. p. 223. — HELLE. N. Z. p. 129. — Hook. Fl. Ant. II, p. 530. — MüLr. Gaz. TI, 
p- 53. — NyL. Fueg. p. 3 (= S. folycladum MüÜLL.-ArG. according to MÜLL. Speg. No. 4). — Wan. 
Belg. p. 35. 
Distribution: Southern portions of America and Australia. 
Localities: Tierra del Fuego (7); Falkland Islands (8). — Over earth and moss. 
