10 CARL SKOTTSBERG, A BOTANICAL SURVEY OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 



Adiantiiiu L. 



*80. A. chilense Kaulf. 



W. F., On rocks near the sea, in sheltered crevices: Saimders Island, near the 

 old settlement! Westpoint Island (Felton, but now apparently vanished, for we 

 sought for it in vain on the spöt where Mr. Felton had found it), Port Edgar (Mr. 

 W. Benney, Dr. P. Bolus, but I have seen no specimens). — Juan Fernandez, 

 Peru— S. Chile. Its southernmost locality, Skyring Water, where I discovered it in 

 1908, lies quite isolated outside its true area of distribution on the continent. 



Obs. On my visit to Westpoint Island, Mr. Felton showed me cultivated spe- 

 cimens of Pteris crefica L., whicli he had collected in W. F., either at Hope Har- 

 bour or in the vicinity of Sharp Peak, and of which I secured a frond for deter- 

 mination. It is a form with »irregularly flexuose, once or twice furcate, pellucid, 

 distant veins, deep green colour and narrow sori» (Christensen, 3, p. 21). I sought 

 for it in vain in both localities, and though I have always found Mr. Felton a very 

 reliable source of information, I do not include it in my list, as there may be room 

 for a mistake. Its occurrence in a Avild state would certainly be of great interest, as, 

 in S. America, it is not found south of Brazil. Mr. Christensen's (1. c.) statement, 

 that of all forms it mostly resembles the American form of the species does not at 

 all make it improbable, that one day wild-growing specimens will be found in the 

 Islands. 



Gleicheniacese. 

 Grleichenici Sm. 



74. Vw. cryptocarpa HoOK. 



W. F., rare: Chartres, Robinson, Sullivan, (Hook. Fl. ant.); Roy Co ve 

 (Vallentin ex Wright), Hope Harbour, opposite Westpoint Island! on the slope 

 of Sharp Peak! in both places in the Empetrum-hesith on warm, sheltered spöts; 

 Saunders Island (Mr. W. Benney). — S. Chile, Fuegia. 



Schizaeacese. 



Sehizae.a Sm. 



S. listiilosji Labill. var. australis (Gaud.) C. Chr. 1. c. p. 4. 



E. F. Only found by Gaudichaud, whose specimens have been controlled by 

 HooKER. It has been omitted by Wrigtit. — S. Chile (Valdivia, Chiloé), New 

 Zealand, Auckland I. 



[Azolla filiciäoides Lam. (A. magellanica Willd). 



According to Gaudichaud 6, p. 99, but never seen by anybody af ter him ; I 

 myself particularly sought for it. Most likely it has never been found in tlie islands. 



