BOTANY. 25 



Xir.— FILICES ET LYCOPODIACE^. 



1. LoMARiA ALPINA, Sook. fil. — Dr. Hooker mentions this Fern as 

 <' very scarce". We found it exceedingly common 5 mostly barren. 



2. PoLTPODiUM (Grammitis) austkale. — In crevices of rocks; 

 rare. New to Kerguelen Island. 



3. POLYPODIUM VULGARE. — Grevices of rocks by running streams; 

 altitude 200 feet and upward. Abundant, i^ew to the island. 



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

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



5. Lycopodium selago, Linn. — Eare. 



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

 but very local. 



B— MUSCI. 



Determined by Thomas P. James, Esq. 



1. Akdre^a marginata, Eoolc. fil. i& Wils. Fl. Autarc. ii, p. 39-o, 

 t. 151, f. 1. — On high rocks, 1,500 feet altitude. 



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

 ety of forms ; very common. 



3. Grimmia frondosa, James, sp. nov. — " Laxe caespitosa valde fasti 

 giata, ramosa, fiisco-viridis, gracilis ; folia erecto-patentia, ccacava cur 

 vata anguste lanceolata canaliculata, in pilum hyalinum. sublcF-vem termi 

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

 erecta, cellulis basi oblongis laxioribus flavidis et iiKcae medium folii 

 quadratis superne remotis subrotundis versus apicem obscuris." 



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



4. Grimmia kidderi, James, sp. nov. — " Compacte globosa, pulviaata, 

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

 sissima, erecta patentia anguste lanceolata, interiora canaliculata acumi- 

 nata strictiuscula superiora elongata curvula i j pilum Tjrevem hyalinum 

 sublsevem producta ; nervo ad basin lato infra apicem evanido margine 

 erecta, cellalis basi angustis elongatis flavidis pellucidis superne sensim 

 quadratis minutis subopacis." 



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

 the sea. The small balls formed by this curious mos3 zeem not to be 

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



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

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



