KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 50. N:0 3. 19 



Juncaceae. 

 Junciis L. 



35. J. scheuchzerioides Gaud. 



Verv abundant on different kinds of soil, but most common in sand-drifts, on 

 both islands! — Patagonia, Fuegia, Staaten I., South Georgia, Kerguelen, New Zea- 

 land and islands to the S. of it. 



var. iiiconspicuus (d'Urv.) Hook. fil. 



This is retained by Buchenau in Engler's Pflanzenreich as a separate species, 

 but in spite of liis authority I regard it as a reduced form of J. scheuchzerioides, 

 as HooKER does (Fl. ant. p. 80) ; D'URViLLe did not regard it as a very good species. 

 — Fuegia, South Georgia, Campbell I. 



[As to J. imllidus R. Br. see Wright, p. 330. I have seen the specimen, it 

 in not J. pallidus, but rather a form of J. ejjusus L.] 



LiiziiLa DC. 



28. L. alopecuriis Desf. 



Common in the heath, round the quartzite ridges, on the top of the mountains 

 etc, E. and W. F. — Patagonia, Fuegia. 



M.arsipposperiimm Desv. 



22. 31. grandinoruiu (L. fil.) HooK. (Rostkovia grandiflora Hook. fil.) 

 Abundant on soils with wery different degrees of moisture, but generally thriv- 

 ing better in wet places; E. and W. F. — S. Patagonia, Fuegia, Staaten I. 



Rostkovia Desv. 



4. R. iiutgellanica (Lam.) Hook. fil. 



Common in svamps, at least in the eastern part of E. F. ! I have seen no 

 specimens from the west. Wright has omitted this plant altogether. — Fuegia, 

 Staten I., South Georgia, Campbell I. 



Liliacese. 



Astelia Banks et Sol. 



13. A. piiinila (FORST.) GaUD. 



This forms the wellknown, härd carpets in the peat-bogs. A mat of several 

 square metres may produce flowers of only one sex, J" or ?, and I believe that 



