KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 50. N:0 3. 17 



An important constituent of the bard peat-bogs, occurring together witli Astelia 

 etc. and frequent in both Islands! — Chile, Valdivia — Cape Horn, in tlie rainy zone; 

 in the N. only on mountains. 



Unciiiia Pers. 



U. brevicaulis Thouars var. macloviana (Gaud.) Kuek. {U. macloviana 

 Gaud.) 



E. F. (Gaudichaud, never found by any other collector.) — S. Patagonia, 



Fuegia. The type in Tristan d'Acunha, St. Paul and Amsterdam I. 



Carex L. 



c. acaulis d'Urv. 



E. F.; d'Urville. Never found a second time. — Endera ic. 



87. C. jeuiathorrynelia Desv. var. corralensis (Phil.) Kuek. (C. filiformis L. 

 ex Wright.) 



Moist ground, rare. W. F., Port Howard! Roy Cove (Vallentin, fairly com- 

 mon, ex Wright). — M. and S. Chile — Fuegia, Argentina, Patagonia. 



*778. C. cartiica BooTT var. Ortegce (Phil.) Kuek. 



Not very rare in moist places in the meadow, but hitherto apparently over- 

 looked. E. F., San Carlos North! Lafonia, S. slope of Mount Usborne (Halle!) 

 Darwin Harbour! Victoria Creek ! near Adventure Sound! — Fuegia (two localities). 



97. C. canoscens L. var. robustior Blytt. (C. similis d'Urv., curta GoOD.) 



Wet places, especially near running water: E. F., Port Stanley! at the foot of 

 Mt. William ! Port Harriet ! Arrow Harbour ! Victoria Creek I — Circumpolar in 

 N. and S. temperate zones; also in Fuegia. 



C. (lecirtua BooTT. 



E. F., Only found by Hooker (sec. C. H. Wright). — Andes of Chile and 

 Argentina, Patagonia, Fuegia. 



64. C. fuscula d'Urv. (C. indecora Kunth var. humihs Boott.) 



Moist places in the camp, and near running water, fairly common: E. F., 

 Port Stanley! Rabbit Cove! Port Harriet! Darwin Harbour! North Arm! W. F., 

 Port Philomel, Halfway Cove ! Roy Cove ! 



342. Var. i?idecora (Kunth) Kuek. 



E. F., Arrow Harbour! — Centr. Chile and Argentina to Patagonia and Fuegia. 



117. C. macloviana d'Urv. (C. ovalis GoOD. var. minor Brongn., C. festiva 

 Dewey, c. leporina L. ex Wright.) 



E. F., In the meadows, rare, not seen by anybody since the time of d"Urville 

 until we discovered it in Lafonia: Arrow Harbour! between Adventure Sound and 

 Mapa! — Arctic and alpine regions in Europé and America, found also in Fuegia. 



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