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



Gramineae. 

 Hierocliloe Br. 



16. H. magellanica HooK. fil. (H. redolens R. Br. quoad plantam austro- 

 americanam, H. arenaria Steud.?). 



HooKER States that it is very abundant, and d'Urville called it »ubique fre- 

 quensj. Now it is certainly very local; it is found chieflj^ near rimning water and 

 on irrigated rocks near tlie sea. The following localities are known to me: E. F., 

 W. of Port Stanley! French Bay (Lesson ex Wright); W. F., Port Philomel, Halfway 

 Cove, common and abundant on moist slopes at the sea! King George Bay, Roy 

 Cove, very local (Vallentin ex Wright), Westpoint I., round a waterfall! — Fuegia. 



Alopeeiirus L. 



73. A. untarcticus Vahl. (A. alpinus L. var. aristatus Hook. fil., A. magella- 

 nicus Lam.) 



To judge from d'Urville's statements once not uncommon, now apparently 

 rare. W. F., Westpoint I. in the tussock-association, scarce. I have never seen or 

 heard of specimens from E. F. since the time of Hooker. Biit probably tliere are 

 no samples in his collections, as Wright says »Falkland Islands, ex Macloskie» 

 (Flora patagonica). — S. Patagonia, Fuegia. 



Agrostis L. 



[129. A. alba L. (A. csespitosa Gaud.) 



This grass has been found by all collectors; Hooker remarks, that it was 

 possibly introduced (Fl. ant. p. 372). I have only seen it near settlements (Port 

 Louis, Darwin).] 



127. A. canina L. var. jalklandica (Hook. fil.) Hack. (A. falklandica 

 Hook. fil.) 



Not uncommon in both moist and dry parts of the meadows, especially in La- 

 fonia! also round Stanley and Port William! I have seen no specimens from W. F. 

 — S. Patagonia, Fuegia. 



131. A. magellaiiica Lam. (A. antarctica Hook. fil.) 



Abundant in the meadow and heath, at least in E. F.! There are no specimens 

 from W. F. in my coUection, but I believe that I saw it there also. — Magellan 

 Terr., Staaten I., Prince Edward, Crozet I., Kerguelen, Heard L, subant. Islands of 

 New Zealand. 



A. prostrata HoOK. fil. 



E. F., Berkeley Sound, Hog Island, on boggy ground (Hooker). A somewhat 

 dubious plant, never seen by anybody since Hooker. — Endemic. 



