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



91 



N 



Ch 



H 



G 



HH 



Th 









+ 









Shore 









+ 











Various 



■ 







+ 







• 



• 



1 









+ 









. 



Swamps 









+ 











Meadow 









( + ) 







+ . 



. 



Semi-aquatic or aquatic 









r 







. 



_ 



Heath 









+ 







■ 



• 



Semi-aquatic 









+ 









• 



Swamps 





+ 









. 



. 



Heath 





+ 



+ 



+ 







+ 



• 



1 



Semi-aquatic 

 Aquatic 

 Shore 



+ 



{+) 



+ 



+ 



+ 

 + 



+ 



+ 

 + 

 + 

 + 









( + ) 

 + 



Shore, heath 



» 

 Heath 

 Shore 

 Meadow 

 Heath 

 Swamps 

 Meadow 

 Shore 

 1 



Alpine 



+ = 



• 



+ 







• 



• 



Shore 

 Heath 









+ 











Alpine 



E 



Ranunculus acaulis . . 

 » biternatus 



» cajspitosus . . . 



» hydrophilus . . . 



» maclovianus . . 



» pseudotrullifolius 



» sericeoeephalus . 



» triillifolius . . . 



Rostkovia magellanica .... 



Rubus geoides 



Saxifraga cordillerarum . . . 



Scirpus cernuus 



» riparius 



Senecio candicans 



» Darwinii 



» litoralis 



Sisyrinchium filifolium . . . 



Spergularia media 



Stellaria debil is 



Taraxacum magellanicum . . 

 Tetroncium magellanicum . . 

 Trisetum subspicatum .... 



Troximum pumilum 



Uncinia brevicaulis 



Valeriana sedifolia 



Voronica elliptica 



Viola maculata 



» tridentata 



As a result, we get the following »biological spectrum», which is compared 

 with that published by Raunkier and also with the spectrum for Spitzbergen af ter 

 the same source. 



Number of 

 specie.s 



143 

 117 



Falkland Islands (Skottsberg 1913) 

 » » (Raunki^r 1911) . 



Ph(F) 



Ch 



Percentage of 

 H 



C(K) 



Th 



2 



31 



55 



6 



5 



3 



28 



50 



10' 



9 



1 



22 



60 



15 



2 



Spitzbergen (Raunki^^r 1911) 110 



The difference between Raunki^r and myself lies in the increased percentage 

 of Ch and H, the diminished of K and Th; in my paper on South Georgia I 

 expressed it as my opinion that Raunki^r's Th was too higli, which also seems to 

 be true. 



' Found by the autlior on sandy sea-sliore, by Birger on the edge of a pond. 

 '^ Occasionally attaining the heiglit of a Microphanerophyte. 

 ^ In table 13 only 8. 



