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Senecio antipodus, a handsome herbaceous species, was the 

 only other endemic plant collected. Woody plants were 

 limited to three species of Coprosma (Rubiacese), two of 

 which are prostrate shrubs, and the third, C. cuneata, 

 rarely exceeds the stature of a low-growing bush. Including 

 Stellaria media and Poa annua, two naturalised plants, 

 fifty-five species of vascular plants were collected, about 

 forty of which are common to the main islands of New 

 Zealand. A few are peculiar to Antipodes, Campbell 

 and other "Antarctic" islands; among them: Stellaria 

 decipiens, Colobanthus muscoides, Ligusticum antipodum, 

 Stilbocarpa polaris, Pleurophyllum criniferum and Chilo- 

 glottis cornuta, a ground orchid. Mr. Kirk also visited 

 Campbell Island (8) and the Auckland group (9) and suc- 

 ceeded in adding upwards of a dozen to the previously- 

 known plants from these islands. He found the handsome 

 and striking herbaceous plants, for which these islands are 

 famous, in their full glory. The genera Ligusticum, Stil- 

 bocarpa, Pleurophyllum, Celmisia, Myosotis, Gentiana, Ver- 

 onica and Bulbinella are specially prominent in the vege- 

 tation. Unfortunately, cattle, sheep, goats and rabbits have 

 been introduced into all these islands, and their unique 

 flora is certain to suffer in consequence. The beautiful 

 Metrosideros lucida is the principal tree in the Aucklands, 

 but very rare in Campbell Island, where indeed no real 

 arboreous vegetation exists. There are about twenty-five 

 species of ferns in the Aucklands. But so much has been 

 written on this subject that it will be sufficient to enumerate 

 the plants not previously recorded. They are : Ligusticum 

 latifolium, var. angustatum, Pleuropkyllu??i Gilliesianum, 

 Lagenophora Forsteri, Samohis repens, Ru.mex neglectus, 

 Phormium tenax, J 'uncus bufonius, Deschampsia gracillima, 

 D. Hookeri, Lomai'ia dura, Aspidium cyslosiegia, Hymeno- 

 phyllum villosum, H. polyanthos and //. bivalve. 



For the sake of completeness, reference may here be made 

 to the flora of Macquarie Island, the most southernly of the 

 outlying islands of the New Zealand region, though its ex- 

 ploration was previous to 1885 (10) ; and more especially as 

 Mr. Kirk has published a revised list of the plants (11). 



