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Polysticlmm Roth. 



*76. P. artiantiforme (FoRST.) J. E. Sm. (Aspidium coriaceiim Sw. in Hook. 

 Fl. ant. p. 392.) 



W. F., rare: near Sharp Peak on N. slope of Byron Heights, together with 

 Blechnum chilense forming a veritable »fern-bed»! King George Bay, Crooked Inlet 

 in the creek (Vallentin) and on Turkey Island (Felton!). — Widely spread in the 

 S. temperate zone; in America reaching the West Indies, but liardly found S. of 

 Chiloé, its occurrence in the Falklands thns being particularly worthy of notice. 



57. P. molirioides (Bory) Presl f. typica! (Aspidium mohrioides Bory.) 

 Rocky places, often deep down in crevices, not uncommon. E. F.: Mt William 

 (Cunningham), moLintain near Mt. Vernet! Mt. Simon (d'Urville); W. F. : West- 

 point Island! King George Bay, Roy Cove (Vallentin) and Crooked Inlet! Warrah 

 River! Mt. Maria, in stonerim! Hornby Mts, stonerun! — S. Chile, Fuegia, South 

 Georgia, Prince Edward I., Marion I., Amsterdam I., Auckland I. (?), in some parts 

 represented by varieties {elegans Remy and plicatum Poepp.). 



Blechnum L. 



*75. B, chilense (Kaulf.) Mett. 



Very rare, hitherto only found between Sharp Peak and Hill Cove on the slope 

 of Byron Heights, together wiih. Polystichum adiantijorme forming a dense growth ! — 

 S. Chile, common in rainforest, but totally absent in South Patagonia and Tierra 

 del Fuego. 



133. B. penna marina (PoiR.) KuHN (Lomaria alpina Spreng.) 



Very common in the heath (often forming dense carpets, with sterile fronds 

 appressed) on the banks of streams, on earthy slopes near the sea etc. The Falkland 

 specimens belong to f. polypodioides (Gaud.) C. Chr. — S. Chile, S. Brazil to Cape 

 Horn, Tristan d'Acunha, Gough I., Marion I., Crozet I., Kerguelen, St. Paul and 

 Amsterdam I., Temp. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, x4ntipodes I., Macquarie I. 



137. B. magellanicum (Desv.) Mett. var. setigerum (Gaud.) C. Chr. (Lomaria 

 setigera Gaud.) 



Abundant, especially at the foot of quartzite ridges, in some places among 

 rocks near the sea. — Temp. S. America; the type in S, Chile, but not at all common 

 in Fuegia. The Falkland variety is probably the same as Lomaria robusta Carm, 

 from Tristan d'Acunha (Christensen, p. 10). 



Aspleninui L. 



A. magellanicum Kaulf. 



W. F., Port Edgar (Vallentin ex Wright), Port Howard camp, moist si- 

 tuation (Mrs. Vallentin 140!) — Juan Fernandez, S. Chile — Fuegia. 



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