14 CARL SKOTTSBERG, A BOTANICAL SURVEY OF THE FALKLANJJ ISLANDS. 



Koeleria Pers. 



K. B(M-f?ii HiERON. var. (K. Kurtzii Hack. in Birger 1. c.) 



Possibly a distinct species, but material insufficient. Differs in liaving glabrous 



leaves and smaller spikelets (hardly 5 mm.), according to a communication by Prof. 



K. DoMiN. E. F., sandfield S. of Kidney Cove (Birger!). — Tucumän — Rio Negro; 



Sta Cruz (var. patagonica Dom.). 



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Poji L. 



63. P. alopecurus (Gaud.) Kth. (Arundo alopecurus Gaud. ; Festuca alope- 

 cm-us Brongn., F. arundo Hook. fil.) 



KuNTH, En. plant. I, p. 256, liad some doubt as to tlie position of tliis species. 

 In a letter. Dr. Pilger tells me that botli this and the following have to be re- 

 ferred to Poa; tliey are dioecious and belong to the section Dioicopoa. The female 

 spikelets are more or less wooUy, the male more glabrous. 



A most conspicuous grass, the foliage being of a bluisli colour. It was abundant 

 in IIooker's time and is described by him as too rigid for cattle, but since the 

 introduction of sheep it has become very rare. I have met with it only once: 

 W. F., Fox Island, among rocks near the shore! — Magellan Straits, Port Gregory. 



31. P. aiitarctica (d'Urv.) Pilger (Arundo antarctica d'Urv., Festuca ant- 

 arctica Kunth, Poa rigidifolia Steud.) 



This is indeed closely related to the preceding species, and Dr. Pilger remarks 

 that among my specimens there are some that seem nearly intermediate. »P. ant- 

 artica hat im allgemeinen breitere und kiirzer gespitzte Spelzen, eine kiirzere Ligula, 

 kiirzer und weniger scliarf gespitzte Blätter, ist iiberhaupt schwächer and hat schmälere 

 Blattscheiden. Im allgemeinen ist die wollige Behaarung der ?-Aehrchen bei P. 

 alopecurus stärker. » 



Common enough, but apparently not at all so abundant as in old times; found 

 on localities of very different nature, near the sea or inland. E. F.: Port William 

 (HooKER ex Wright, Birger!), SparrowCove! Mount Usborne (Halle!). W. F. 

 Hornby Mts, stonerun! Port Philomel, Halfway Cove, abundant! King George Bay, 

 Rabbit Island, abundant! Westpoint Island! Hill Cove! — N. Fuegia. 



55. P. flabcllata (Lam.) Hook. fil. 



Once the chief adornment of the beach, now mostly confined to small, un- 

 stocked islands. E. F., Port Stanley on shingles E. of the town, single stunted 

 tufts! Kidney Cove on high rocks out of reach of animals, well developed! Mount 

 Low on the top, rare! Low Bay on steep cliffs! W. F., Spring Point, scattered 

 tufts! Port Albemarle, mostly exterminated! Rabbit Island, only traces! Westpoint 

 Island ! still beautiful even on the lower E. side, thanks to the efforts of Mr. Felton; 

 forming an extensive association on the steep rocky W. side! New Island! — Fuegia, 

 mostly on rocky shores in the rainy zone, abundant on some treeless islands; 

 South Georgia. 



