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uniform and dense that lichens and other small plants are sometimes found growing upon 

 it. Pleurophyllum criniferum, collected in flower and fruit, is the handsomest plant on 

 the island ; its long sage-green leaves and purple flowers making it very prominent. 

 Stilbocarjm polaris, the Macquarie Island cabbage of the sealers, was also collected in 

 flower and fruit. Iu sheltered corners in the lower ground it is a handsome plant, and 

 its bright green leaves are always conspicuous. Many of the plants collected were not 

 in flower, hence the species could not always be determined with certainty. The visit 

 was made in November, when the spring is little advanced in that latitude ; and Dr Scott 

 does not regard his collection as being complete, though he doubts the existence of any 

 other noteworthy plants. In the ensuing list the distribution of the genuine plant is 

 given, even when the Macquarie Island specimen was not identified with certainty. 



Name. 

 KANUNCULACE.E. 



Ranunculus acaulis, Banks and Sol. ? 



Cartophtlle,e. 

 Colobanfhus muscoides, Hook. f. 



R0SACEiE. 



Accena buclianani, Hook, t . 



„ adscendens, Valil. . . ' . 



Crassulace^e. 

 Tillcea sinclairii, Hook. f. 



Umbellifer^. 

 Azorella selago, Hook. f. . . . 



„ lycopodioides, Gaud. ? 



Araliacea 

 Stilbocarpa polaris, Dene, and Planch. . 



RUBIACE.E. 



Ooprosma repens, Hook. f. . . 



Composite. 

 Hi wrophyUum criniferum, Hook. f. 

 OotvJa plumosa, Hook. f. 



JuNCACEiE. 



Luzula crinita, Hook. f. . . . 

 „ eampestris, Linn. 



(iOAMIXEj;. 



Poa folinsn, Hook. f. . . 



„ annua, Linn. . 

 Festuca duriuscula, Linn. 



Distribution. 

 New Zealand and Auckland group. 



Auckland and Campbell Islands. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand, Fuegia, Falklands. 



New Zealand. 



Marion, Crozets, Kerguelen and Heard Islands, and 



Fuegia. 

 Fuegia and Falkland Islands. 



New Zealand, Auckland and Campbell Islands. 



New Zealand, Auckland and Campbell Islands. 



Auckland and Campbell Islands. 



Auckland and Campbell Islands, the Crozets, and Ker- 

 guelen Islands. 



Auckland and Campbell Islands. 

 Temperate regions generally. 



New Zealand, Auckland and Campbell Islands. 

 Northern hemisphere, and now widely colonised. 

 AVidely spread in temperate regions. 



