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Voyage in the Antarctic Regions by Capt. Sir J. Ross.

Vol I. p. 85 Hooker Kerguelen Isld out of the 18 phaenogamic plants, two belong to genera peculiar to island - 4 new species of antarctic American genera - 10 inhabit latter country, of which 10, 6 also inhabit Auckland & Campbell islds.

p. 147. Auckland Islds (H) 80 phænogamic plants one half peculiar to this group together with Campbell isld. Vegetation characteristic of N. Zealand - ie antarctic species of N. Zealand genera.

p. 160 Campbell islds - taken with Auckland islds have 100 phænogam plants, 1/4 common to N. Zealand many others belong to genera characteristic of N.Z. 1/13 common to Tasmania. 1/6 common to T. del Fuego. "may be considered as a continuation of N.Z. Flora, differing only that it is more typical of the Antarctic regions (it wd be important to know whether the 1/6 Fuegian plants are also found in N.Z.)

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p. 162 Above islands upwards of 4000 miles from T. del Fuego in all particulars in which the Flora deviates from N.Z. more closely approximates that of Antarctic America

Only 3 plants indigenous to Britain Cardamine, Montia & of the 60 genera whereas 22 are English & 28 of arctic countries north of England.

p. 163 remarks on strange absence of saxifrages, heaths. Vaccinia Leguminosæ Pines - beech, & especially Oak, birch & willow "for most of which no representative has hitherto been found in the high. S. latitudes". (this does not look like creation)

Vol 2.

p. 236 Bottle story true must have floated at least 9000 miles in Eastern course from off C. Horn to near Port Philip - it was doubtless one of the non-loaded bottles, (therefore wd have floated easily like seeds); remarks must have gone by Kerguelen Land (a)

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(a) This is really very important together with aid to certain limited extent from old icebergs. Effect of cold water on seeds. At late geolog period, probably no Flora on Kerguelen Land.

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Vol 2. p 266. Falkland Islds - The green, pink & purple lavers (sea weeds) of G. Britain may be readily recognized, though many of them are not found in intervening warm latitudes There are others not identical, but representatives of the species of the North.

Vol. 2. p 295 T. de Fuego is "the great Botanical centre of the Antarctic Ocean"

p. 297. Tristan d' Acunha exhibit, though lying (as does Kerguelen Land) so much nearer Africa, than do the Falklands, exhibits the same affinity

(surely not to same extent as Falklands?)

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p. 298 List of 32 species common to Fuegia & Britain - affinity still more shown by genera, in common, viz 53, + 19 genera of grasses. Many of these genera are unknown in Tropics -others exist there only in species bearing little analogy to their congeners of the colder latitudes

(Does "Tropics" include the Cordillera within the Tropics? all important). It is interesting then to see that where genus does extend continuously from N. to S. that in Tropics the species are widely different from their N. & S forms. This shows strikingly identity of N. & S. Floras