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



Rosacese. 



Rubiis L. 



39. R. geoides Sm. (Dalibarda geoides Pers.) 



Not iincommon on moist or dry ground, in stoneruns, on banks near the sea 

 etc. E, F., Port Louis! Port Stanley! Sparrow Cove, stonerun on Mount Low, 

 abundant! W. F., Hornby Mountains, in stoneruns! Port Albemarle, rocky sliore! 

 Port Philomel, Halfway Co ve! Roy Co ve (Vallentin ex Wright), Westpoint Island, 

 at the börder of a small waterfall! — Patagonian Cliannels to Fuegia, Staten I. 



Aca^iia Vahl. 



A. adsceiideiis Vahl. 



Abundant on different kinds of soil, on rocks near the sea, on sandy slopes, 

 in the meadows, on banks of streams etc, apparently preferring well watered places. 

 The Falkland forms are arranged as follovvs: 



58. Var. incisa Bitter, Die Gattung AccEna, p. 177. 

 VV. F., Port Philomel, Halfway Cove! 



59. Var. luxurians Bitter 1. c. p. 178. 

 W. F., Roy Cove! 



var. semperpilosa Bitter 1. c. p. 177. 

 HooKER sec. Bitter. 



var. utrinqueglabrescens Bitter 1. c. p. 177. 



Hooker sec. Bitter. 



A. adscendens is distributed, in different forms-: Magell. territ., Fuegia, South 

 Georgia, Prince Edward and Crozet I., Kerguelen. 



Note: At the time of my stay in the Falklands, I clid not know that Dr. 

 Bitter was occupied with an extensive monograph of AccEna. I did not secure 

 specimens from more than two of the numerous places where I saw A. adscendens; 

 the other localities I leave out as I do not know wliicli is the variety in question. 



24. A. ludda Vahl. var. villosa d'Urv. (var. villosula Bitter 1. c, p. 61.) 

 Dry, sunny places near the sea, sometimes abundant on sand or gravel. 



E. F., Duperrey Harbour! Darwin Harbour! North Arm! W. F., Spring 

 Point! Port Philomel, Halfway Cove! Rabbit Island! — Patagonia, Magell. territ. 



32. A. inagellaiiica Vahl. subsp. ItBvigata (Ait.) Bitter 1. c, p. 170. 



Rocky, stone and sandy places, generally on the coast, fairly common, but 

 never very abundant. E. F., Port Louis ! W. F., Fox Island! Port Philomel, Halfway 

 Cove! Roy Cove! (also Vallentin ex Wright), New Island! — The subsp. Icevigata 



