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distinctly say that the specimens there were brought from Pitcairn 

 with them. On the other hand, Cunningham states that it was not 

 scarce on the island in 1830 — that is, long before the arrival of the 

 Pitcairners. Maiden suggests " that it would appear to have been exter- 

 minated, perhaps because the convicts turned it into a curse, as the Pit- 

 cairners did." It seems to me unlikely — (1) that, if common, Bauer would 

 have missed it during his eight months on the island ; (2) that the convicts 

 could have exterminated it completely ; and (3) it is probable that had they 

 done so there would have been some record of their excesses and of the 

 result. It is perhaps simpler to imagine that in some way Allan Cunning- 

 ham was mistaken, and I would suggest that it should be removed from the 

 list of indigenous species ; unless it is found hereafter outside of cultivation 

 on the island. It is, of course, a very likely plant to be a native of the 

 island. It is usually regarded as an introduction in New Zealand, where 

 the conflict of evidence is similar. 



76. Phormium tenax Forst,, E. 65, M. 125. 



An undoubted native, growing on dry bare hillsides, and in such situa- 

 ions as P. Cookianum is usually found in on the New Zealand hills. 

 1 could detect no difference between this species and some of the common 

 New Zealand forms. It was nowhere, however, luxuriant, though Captain 

 Cook speaks of it as being more luxuriant than in New Zealand. I did not 

 see it in any swampy places or by the side of watercourses. 



New Zealand, Chatham Islands. (In the Auckland Islands it is probably 

 introduced.) 



77. Dianella intermedia Endl., E. 66, M. 126. 



Apparently not found since the time of Bauer until my visit. The 

 olant is undoubtedly rare. Anson's Bay (Bauer), cliffs at Ball's Bay 

 (R.M.L.). 



Rather taller and stronger than the New Zealand plant, but otherwise 

 apparently not different. I also saw cultivated specimens brought from 

 the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 



New Zealand, Polynesia, but the genus is chiefly Australian. 



Amaryllidaceae. 



Crinum norfolkianum A. Cunn. 



This plant grows only in wet ground in the " Old Mill " garden and in a 

 ditch at Government House, and shows no tendency to spread. It has lived 

 on in the same position for the last eighty years, and is still there (1913). 

 It was evidently introduced in convict times. Cunningham differentiated 

 it from the Australian C. pedimcidatum Hew. I do not know the Australian 

 species sufficiently well to say whether the differentiation is sound, but the 

 differences are small, and may be due to cultivation. It is perhaps a form 

 of the variable C. peduncidatum, of which Bentham says.f " The wild speci- 

 mens in herbaria are, however, so unsatisfactory, and. the cultivated ones 

 in gardens so frequently uncertain as to their origin, that the distinction 

 of species can only be established by studying them in their native country." 



C. pedunculatum is also reported from Lord Howe and New Caledonia ; 

 but Mr. W. R. B. Oliver informs me that in the former island it is only 

 to be found near the settlement, and may be introduced. 



f Fl. Austr. vii, p. 455. 



