384 VEGETATION OF LORD HOWE ISLAND. 



attention to the discovery of two remarkable tree-ferns of the 

 genus Alsojjhila and supposed to be new." Sketches are given of 

 " Branched Alsophila " and " Alsophila sp." 



Iris Rohinsoniana, F.v.M. — Gardeners' Chronicle, 23rd March, 

 1872, p. 393, with two figures, gives a full account of this interest- 

 ing plant, now of coui'se referred to Moraa. 



McFarland, A. Mutiny in the " Bounty," and Story of the 

 Pitcairn Islanders (Sydney, 1884). 



At pp. 126, 127 are notes in regard to Pitcairn Islanders who 

 died (in the early thirties) at " Lord Howe " Island. The notes 

 are not botanical, but are interesting as referring to the early 

 history of Lord Howe Island, concerning which we have but 

 little information. 



Moore, C. " Vegetation of Lord Howe's Island." Journ. Bot. 

 vii. 299 (1869). (Reprinted from Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 968). 

 Also, "Sketch of the Botany of Lord Howe Island." Trans. Bot. 

 Soc. Edin. x. 365. Covering much the same ground as the pre- 

 ceding paper. 



Shortland, Lieut., and Watts, Lieut., in " The Voyage of 

 Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, etc. (1789)." 



There is a brief note concerning Lord Howe Island at p. 94; 

 at pp. 180, et seq., there is an excellent map and chart of the 

 island, also a view of " Ball Pyramid." Shortland's only allusion 

 to the vegetation is ... . "but it abounds with cabbage- 

 palms, mangrove and manchineal trees, even up to the summit 

 of the mountains. No vegetables were to be seen." At pp. 223,. 

 et seq., Lieut. Watts gives an account of the island, and says : — 

 " This island is well covered with wood, the chief of which is the 

 large and dwarf mangrove, the bamboo and the cabbage-tree. 

 The different vegetables met with were scurvy-grass, wild celery, 

 spinach, endive and samphire." These brief notes were more or 

 less adopted by other navigators prior to say 1860, who gave an 

 account of the products of the island. 



