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



Pl. VII. 



1. Luxuriant bushes of CJiUiotrichiwi diffusuw on Fox Island, growing oii pure, mobile sand. Dr. T. Halle 



in the niiddle. 



2. »Flughinmis», described by BirCxEK from Mt. William; large and weli developed Emprfniui nthntni. 



Pl. VIII. 



BJecJmum ')nugeUanic'itmi,-3iSSOcÅa.t\o\\ ainong (juartz rocks on a liill near Port Stanley. 



1. BJ. magrJlanicum in tlie centre, surrounded by Empetnim nilinmi. 



2. Below, to tlie left, a dense carpet of BL prnua marina, in tbe middle a medium sized cusliion of Boht.r 



gummifcra. in wliich ai-e seen slioots of tbe same fern and of l'cri>cffi/ii piimila. 



Pl. IX, 



Mount Vernet and the great Darwin stoneruu. On the slopes a network of barren stones, patches of 

 vegetation and of snow. Tbe darkest strips are Empetrum ruhrum. 



Pl. X. 



1. NnssuKvia scrpcns (c. Vi-' ^^ 'i'""^- ^i^^) 1)otween tlie big blocks of a stonerun on Mt. Low, near Sparrow 



Cove, Port William. 



2. Waterfall (bed filled up by luxuriant mosses) on Westpoint Island. The grass is HirrocliJni- mageJIanira, 



the round leaves belong to (imiiirra wagoJlantca. 



Pl. XI. 



1. The top of ]\It. Adam (c. 700 m.). The locality for tlie snowpatch flora, described on p. 116. 



2. Alpine heath just below the top of Mount Adam. Globose cushions of BnJnx. AJtynfaiiclln cnuirgniafa and 



AzoreUa selago. 

 .3. Sandy beath near Port Harriet, changcd into a field of pure san<l. Wind erosion. Islands of half ruinod 



heath left. Dr. Halle in the middle. 

 4. Senecin candicams on a dune near Cape Pembroke. 



Pl. XII. 



1. Overhanging bank near the sea in Halfway Cove (Port Philomel). Oxalis cnnoaplniUa in full bloom; Em- 



petrum ruhrum to the right, Agropyrum '»i.ageUanicum. to the left. In a crevice a mat of BJrchmtm 

 jieitna marina and a few leaves of BI. mago.UanirAim and (hinncra magcJlaiiica. 



2. A planted specimen (brought from W. F.) of Veronica rlliptica in Port Stanley, growing behind shelter 



and in full l)loom. 



Pl. XIII. 



Veronica eJliptica on Fox Island. 



1 . Windward side, killed stems and branches. 



2. Lee side of tallest specimen seen; Dr. Halle in the middle. 



Pl. XIV. 



The tussock grass association (Pna flahellata). 



1. On a rocky wall above the sea, W. side of Westpoint Island. Rookery of niolIyma\\k> {Biamcdia sp.). 



2. (iiant tussocks on E. side, not far from the settlement. 



