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Füicum were brought by Capt. Krug. It is represented in New Zednnd by the G. Cunnmgkumii, Hook. ; in Tasmania
2 . Gleichenli crgptocarpa. Hook., Sp. F il. vol. i. p. 7. t. 6 A.
H ab . Falkland Islands (West Islan d ? ); Lieut. RoUmon, Capt. Sulivan, M r. Chartres.
Very nearly allied to the G. awutifolia, but readily distinguishable by the revolute margins of the pinnm covering
the son ; his character together with the stont, rigid, and very coriaceous habit, appear to indicate its being a native
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9. SCHIZÆA, Sm.
1. SCHIZÆA austraUs, Gaud., in Ann. Se. N a t. vol. v. p. 9 8 . Fl. Antaret. p. 1 1 1 .
H ab. Falkland Islands ; Gaudichaud.
I have seen no Falkland Island specimens except those collected by M. Gaudichaud, which are identical with
others gathered by myseE in Lord Auckland’s group aud Campbell’s Island.
LII. LYCOPODIACEÆ, Swartz.
I . LYCOPODIUM, B r .
1. L ycopodium Selago, Linn., Sp. P I. p. 1565. Engl. Bot. t. 233.
Var. Saururuoe. L. Saurnrus, Lam. Enegcl. Bo t. vol. iii. p. 625. Borg, Fog. aux quatre Bes, ^-c. vol. i.
p. 344 t. 16. f. 1. L . crassum, H. B . K . Nov. Gen. vol. i. p. 33. Eook. et Grev. Ic. FU. i. ccxxiv.
L. msulare, Carm. in Trans. Lm n . Soe. vol. xii. p. 509. L. elongatum, Swartz, Syn. FU. p. 175 L carina
turn, Bexo. Monogr. n. 5. Poiret, Enegcl. Bot. vol. iii. p. 555. Selago etc. Billenims, Hist. Muse. t. 84. f. 3.
H ab . Falkland Islands, Gaudichaud, lyc. Var. Saururus, Kerguelen’s Land, J .B .E .
The Falkland Island specimens are perfectly identical with others of British growth, bnt the var Saururu,
IS so different from any aspect o f i . Selago found in Europe, that it requires the most perfect suite of specimens
showmg the gradual passage of the one into the other, to prove their common origin. Such, however exist’
especiaUy in voléame islands, which seem pecnUarly favourable to the production of this variety.
In its largest and handsomest form, the var. Saururus inhabits the Andes of Peru, the Island of Bourbon and
Kerguelen’s Land. A more slender state, bnt not slenderer than what occurs amongst Andes specimens, is fourni in
In s tan d Acunha, St. Helena, and in some of the West Indian Islands.
The narrow form of var. Saururus was brought from St. Helena as early as 1702, and given to DUlenius,
who figured it. On the Andes, and there alone, the Selago division of Lycopodia assume a deep brick-red colour’
which, however, affords no specific character, for the Saururus is as often whoU, green ns red, and at other times ié
only tinged with the latter colour at the apices o fth e leaves; and this is the ease with the Kerguelen’s Land specimens.
It is difficult to imagine the cause for this tint of plants. Ofi the gloomy Island of Desolation, it cannot be
due to the tropical sun, nor to colouring matter contained in the soü, for it also occurs in two species which I
believe are always parasitical.
2. L ycobodium clavatum, Linn., Sp. P I. p. 1564. Engl. Bot. t. 224.
Var. Magellanicum, foliis apice muticis. Fl. A n t. p. 133.
Falklands, etc.] F LO EA ANTAECTICA.
S a x.fa stig ia tum, ramis erectis fastigiato-paniculatis.
H ab. Var. Magellanicum, Strait of Magalhaens and throughout Fuegia, th e Falkland Islands, very
ab u u d a n t; Kerguelen’s Land, J . B . H . Sax. fa s tig ia tum . P o rt Famine, Capt. King.
I have in the former part of this work given my reasons at length for assigning these varieties to L. clavatum.
The uax.fastigiaUm. is a plant of a warmer climate than the var. Magellanicum, which inhabits not only the low-lands
of Fuegia. the Falklands, and Kerguelen’s Land, but also the lofty heights of the Cordülera of Pem and Colombia,
aud the mountains of New Zealand, Tasmania, and Lord Auckland’s group.
LIII. MARSILEACE^, Br.
1. AZOLLA, Lam.
1. Azolla Magellanica, WiUd., Sp. PI. vol. v. p. 541. A. filicnloides, Lam. Encycl. vol. i. p. 340.
H ab. Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson; Falkland Islands, Gaudichaud.
I am quite unacquainted with this species, either as a Falkland Island or Magellanic plant.
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1. CuARA flexilis, Linn., Sp. PI. 1624. Smith, Engl. Bot. 1 .1070.
H a b . Kerguelen’s Land, in th e fresh-water lake above Christmas Harbour, abundant, / . B . H.
After a careful comparison of this plant with Enghsh specimens of 0. flexilis, I consider them to be the same
species, and am confirmed in this opinion by my friend Mr. ’Wilson, who has studied the British species of this
difficult genus very carefully ; he says, that the points at the apices of the branches are, perhaps, longer than
common in the Autarctic specimens. It is probably not an unfrequent plant in the southern temperate zone.
LV. MUSCI, L.
By W. Wilson, Esq., and J. D. Hooker.
1. ANDEEtEA,* Elirh.
1. A ndue-ea alp'ma, L inn.; caule ramoso elongato, fohis undique imbricatis patentibus apice incurvis
obovatis acummatis concavis infra medium contractis siccitate appressis. A. alpina, B ill. HUt. Muso,, t. 73.
f. 39. Hooh. et Tayl. Muse. B r it. ed. 2. p. 2. t. 8.
Var. .1. foliis inferioribus squarrosis subrectis.
Var. 2. caulibus gracihoribus, fohis confertis.
H a b. Var. 1 aud 2, Hermite Island, Cape H o rn ; Kerguelen’s Land, var. 1, on alpine rocks.
This species has in Eui'ope frequently been confounded with A. rupestris, and we cannot assent to the remark
in the ‘ Museologia Britannica, that Dr. Mohr was the first to distinguish it accurately ; since neither the description
of Weber and Molu {Bot. Tasch. p. 383), nor their citation of DiUenius {Ilixt. Muse. t. 73. f. 40), as a synonym for
A. rupestris instead of A. Rothii, tends to prove that these authors understood the species. The illustrative figures
For the generic characters and remarks on this and other genera, see the 1st Part of this work.
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