Monochlamydeæ and grasses, and most of the Cyperaceæ. Such genera as Sieversia, Trisetum, and Hierochlœ have their analogues chiefly in the arctic regions; whilst Myosotis, Ranunculus, Cardamine, Stellaria, Veronica, Luzula, Juncus, and all the grasses, are predominant in the arctic Flora. There are, however, slight points of resemblance, rendering the want of a larger amount of their congeners more remarkable, and also of others which in the north generally accompany them, as saxifrages, heaths, and Vaccinia, Leguminosæ, pines, beech, and especially oak, birch, and willow; for most of which no representative has hitherto been found in the high southern latitudes."
The geology of this island is very similar to that of the Aucklands, except in the total absence of land-birds, of which the Aucklands possess seven or eight species. The albatross had formed their nests on the tops of the north-western cliffs of the island, and a great many of their eggs were obtained, but none of the young had yet appeared.
The remains of some huts were found on each side of a cove to the north of the Erebus anchorage, as also the graves of several seamen who had evidently been employed on the seal-fishing, and amongst them that of a French woman who had been accidentally drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the harbour. There had also been an establishment by the side of a stream in the northwest corner of the harbour, but its situation was not so good for the purpose as that of the cove.
