6 CARL SKOTTSBEliG, A BOTANICAL SUKVEV OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 



wonder that I hope for a better performance the second time. In spite of the fact 

 that much work had been done in Falkland botany, it was evident that only a minor 

 part of the Islands had been visited by competent investigators, and hoping to be 

 able to fill this gap to some extent I imdertook my second journey. We arrived in 

 Port Stanley on the 26*^ of October, 1907, and left for Patagonia on the 12*^ of Fe- 

 bruary, 1908. Our routes by land and sea are indicated on the map. More populär 

 descriptions of the vegetation and scenery will be found in niy book »The wilds of 

 Patagonia» etc. As far as I am able to judge myself, our researches yielded good 

 results, but at the same time I am nearly convinced that a third visit would be well 

 worth wliile. 



Just as I was in the middle of the preparation of this paper, in 1911, Mr. C. 

 H. Wright's »Flora of the Falkland Islands» appeared. The autlior of it had been 

 engaged in the identification of a number of plants collected by Mrs. Vallentin 

 and containing several finds of great value and interest, but not being satisfied with 

 this he »attempted an enumeration of the plants with a view to show the changes 

 which have taken place in the flora since the publication of the »Flora Antartica» 

 and also to define more exactly the distribution of the plants in the islands». I 

 regret being bound to say liere that the author promised too much, Besides, the 

 list of plants is not complete ; several species have been omitted and others are in- 

 cluded erroneously. 



I leave to the competent reader to judge whether, after the appearance of Mr. 

 Wright's Flora, this paper is superfluous or not. — Only the land flora is concerned. 

 The algae will be described in connection with other collections from Fuegia, South 

 Chile and South Georgia. 



