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



be one of the very few, tliat prosper on the terrible sliding soil in the Patagoiiian 

 Andes. Only found in the western extremity of W. F., Née, Sullivan sec. Fl. ant.; 

 Westpoint Island ! New Island ! Beaver Island ! — Chile, Cordillera of Santiago (the 

 same species?) to the Straits; Patagonia, Fuegia, also on sand and gravel near 

 the sea. 



10. A. filameiitosa Lam. (A. chamitis Pers.) 



Gynodioecions. Petals brownish white Avith greenish midrib; filaments greenish 

 white, anthers cream-coloured ; pistil green. 



Fairly common in the heath, especially in dry, sandy places: E. F., Port Louis! 

 Port Stanley! Lafonia! W. F., Spring Point! Port Philomel, Halfway Cove! New 

 Island! — S. Patagonia, Fuegia, Staten I. 



f. inaritiiiiu n. f. 



A typo differt rhizoma grande verticale, foliis rigidis orasse coriaceis subglabris; 

 csespites densos hemisphsericos fere ut in Bolace format. 



On the coast: E. F., Port Harriet! W. F., E. of Dunnose Head! 



15. A. lycopodioides Gaud. 



Abundant in the heath, E. and W. F. ; also on the top of the mountains : 

 Mount Low ! Mount Adam ! — S. Patagonia, Fuegia, Staten I. 



44. A. raimiiculus d'Urv. 



Flowers more conspicuous than in the former species. Petals greenish white, 

 bordered with lilac, filaments white, anthers dark crimson, ovary green, stigmse whitish. 



By running Avater, on liumid soil, widely spread, but very local: E. F., Port 

 Louis! Port Stanley! Port Harriet! Arrow Harbour in moist meadows! W. F., Port 

 Philomel, Halfway Cove! slopes of Mt. Adam, on drier ground, very minute! — S. 

 Chile to Cape Horn, Staten I. 



*77. A. selago HoOK. fil. 



Only on the summits of the highest mountains: E. F., Mount Usborne (Halle!), 

 W. F., Mount Adam, just below the top and on the south slope, abundant! — S. 

 Patagonia, Fuegia, Staten I., Prince Edward and Crozet I., Kerguelen and Heard I., 

 Macquarie I. 



BoLax CoMMERs. 



14. B. guinmifera (Lam.) Spreng. (B. glebaria CoMM., Azorella csespitosa Vahl. 

 non Ca v.) 



For full informations on this species, the synonyms, characters of flower and 

 fruit etc. see autlior's paper on the subject. 



One of the most famous Falkland plants, the balsam-bog of the inhabitants. 

 Abundant on dry ground, especially in stony and rocky places, round the quartzite 

 ridges etc, from near the sea to the highest mountains, e. g. on the summit of 

 Mount Adam! — S. Patagonia (isolated localities further north), Fuegia, Staten I. 



