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Rh In last year's Transactions Mr. Armstrong described two varieties from Stewart Island, one of which had hairy the other smooth leaves; and last summer these two varieties were brought up from Auckland Island. I did not notice the smooth-leaved variety on Macquarie Island.

This is a very common plant in both the Campbell and Auckland Islands. It is also found in Stewart Island, and Lyall has found it on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. What is known as the "Kerguelen Cabbage" is an entirely different plant—the Pringlea antiscorbutica."

9. Coprosma repens, not in flower. Found in New Zealand, Auckland and Campbell Islands.

10. Pleurophyllum criniferum, in flower and fruit. This, like the Stilbocarpa, occurs in large patches all over the island. It is the handsomest plant on the island. Its long sage-green leaves and its purple flowers make it particularly noticeable. It occurs in the Auckland and Campbell Islands and there grows much larger, becoming a much more showy plant.

11. Cotula plumosa, in flower. Occurs plentifully close to the sea. It is very rare in New Zealand, but has been found in Otago.

12. Luzula crinita, in damp places. Occurs in New Zealand, and in the Auckland and Campbell Islands.

13. Luzula campestris. Occurs in New Zealand.

14. Poa foliosa. The ordinary tussock of the island. It differs a good deal in appearance at different levels, and in swampy and dry ground. Occurs in New Zealand and in the Auckland and Campbell Islands.

15. Poa annua. Found near one of the huts. Possibly introduced.

16. Festuca duriuscula. Differs from Buchanan's figure of this plant in having the inner empty glume bifid at the extremity, not acute as given by him.

17. Aspidium aculeatum var. vestitum. Occurs occasionally not far from the sea, and grows to a fair size. Common in New Zealand, and in the Auckland and Campbell Islands.

18. Polypodium australe. My specimens show an extremely alpine form of this fern. It is a very common New Zealand fern, but is not mentioned in Hooker's "Flora Antarctica" as growing on the Auckland or Campbell Islands.

19. Lomaria alpina, also common in New Zealand.