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moist air the plant is rapidly developing rather larger leaves, 

 which are narrower in proportion to their length. Such mea- 

 sure 11mm. X 3 mm., and stipes 4 mm. long, but probably 

 such fronds have not attained their full size. However, judg- 

 ing from the experiment as it proceeds, it seems unlikely that 

 fronds will be developed to match the typical form of P. 

 australe. 



Cehnisia chapmanni forms large rosettes of glossy dark- 

 green leaves, reaching a size of 14 cm. in diameter and 12 cm. 

 m height. The more external leaves radiate outwards, at 

 the same time arching downwards, while the short not fully 

 developed internal leaves are vertical. The leaves are not 

 nearly so varnished as those of Cel. vernicosa; they are thick 

 and coriaceous, + 8-8 cm. x + 9 mm., and have a short, thick, 

 fieshy base. The dead leaves remain attached to the plant, 

 rapidly rotting and turning into peat. The epidermis of both 

 surfaces is strongly cuticularised ; extremely strong bands of 

 stereome surround the vascular bundles ; the spongy paren- 

 chyma consists of large cells containing a great number of oil- 

 globules. The stomata on the under-surface are sunken. 



Colohanthiis subulatus forms small, convex, round, dense, 

 soft cushions ± 5 cm. in diameter. At the ends of each 

 shoot ai-e 6-8 stout green leaves ±_ 7 mm. in length, the base 

 membranous and sheathing and the apex acicular. The 

 upper surface is channelled. Below the terminal green leaves 

 the shoot-axis is clothed with the old leaves of previous years. 



III. The Antipodes Islands. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



The Antipodes Islands are situated in latitude 49° 41' 

 south and longitude 178° 43' east (90), and consist of one 

 island much larger than the remainder, named Antipodes 

 Island, and some seven much smaller islands and rocks, of 

 which Bollons Island is the only one of any importance. 

 The group is 490 miles east-south-east from the South Cape of 

 Stewart Island, and 400 miles east-north-east from Campbell 

 Island. 



Antipodes Island, according to Captain Fairchild, is about 

 two miles and one-third in length from east to west, and one 

 mile and one-third in breadth from north to south. The 

 highest point is Mount Galloway, 402iii., but a large pan of 

 the island is at a considerable lieight above sea-level. From 

 the base of Mount Galloway in an easterly direction lies a 

 considerable tract of flat land sloping very gently towards the 

 sea. The " Hinemoa " sailed right round the island, and so 

 its aspect as viewed from the sea could be noted. The coast- 

 line is precipitous and rocky, the rocks black in colour or 

 marked with many broad patches of a white crustaceous 



