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Celmisia linearis, Veronica uniflora, Brachycome Sinclairii, Cotuh dioica, 

 Veronica Thomsoni, V. ciliolata, and Hectorella caespitosa. 



Near the Blue Lake there is a great quantity of Aciphylla Monro i in full 

 bloom (29th December), with Ranunculus gracilipes, R.foliosa, and R. novae- 

 zealandiae, including a form of the latter with 8 to 10 petals. The ground 

 here is also carpeted in places with Geum leiospermum, while Geum parvi- 

 florum, G. uniflorum, and G. pusilum are also common. 



Looking at the mountain-side near the Blue Lake, the association is 

 dominated by Celmisia verbascifolia, which is so plentiful among the tussocks 

 of Danthonia crass iuscula as to strongly mark the physiognomy. Other 

 Celmisias are also common, the principal being C. coriacea, C. densiflora, 

 and C. subalpina (plentiful). At this point the Danthonia crassiuscula 

 begins to thin out, and its place is taken by Poa Golensoi, P. intermedia, 

 and a form of the former which has very stiff leaves with pungent points 

 and which Mr. Petrie distinguishes as var. pungens. Agropyron scabrum 

 and Festuca rubra are also common, while Danthonia pilosa is fairly abundant. 



Here and there patches of Ourisia caespitosa are also seen with Senecio 

 revolutus, Aciphylla Monroi, A. Golensoi (rare), Acaena microphylla, Poly- 

 stichum cystostegia, Cardamine depressa, Gotula pyrethrifolia, Brachycome 

 Sinclairii, Senecio bellidioides (?), Gentiana corymbifera, Veronica uniflora, 

 Lycopodium fastigiatum, Dracophyllum prostratum, D. politmn, Phyllachne 

 Golensoi, Raoulia graudi flora, Lycopodium Selago, Celmisia laricijolia, Oreo- 

 bolus pectinatus, and Gnaphalium Traversii. 



At the time of our visit in December, 1913, snow-patches were plentiful 

 at 4,300 ft. in this locality. The association near the melting snow con- 

 sisted chiefly of Caltha novae-zealandiae, which was abundant and in full 

 bloom in several places almost under the snow, the flowers completely starring 

 the ground, and being in many cases over 2 in. in diameter. Celmisia 

 subalpina (?), crushed and damaged by the weight of the slipping snow- 

 drift, was nevertheless putting forth buds, and in a week or two would be in 

 full bloom. 



At 4,700 ft. Senecio bellidioides (?) was to be seen in close round patches 

 from 16 cm. to 36 cm. in diameter. This form has an almost glabrous small 

 leaf, and may be a " new " species. On the sunny faces at this elevation 

 there are only occasional tussocks of low stature, and the principal plants 

 are Aciphylla Monroi (dominant), Craspedia uniflora var. with woolly leaves, 

 Gaimardia ciliata, Racromitrium lanuginosum, Veronica pulvinaris, Hymen- 

 anthera dentata var. alpina, Veronica Buchanani, V. ciliolata, Aciphylla 

 Kirkii, Leucogenes grandiceps, and Hectorella caespitosa. The top of the 

 mountain above the Remarkable Gap, at about 6,000 ft., consists of a flatfish 

 meadow exposed to the south-west winds. It contains a remarkable associa- 

 tion of close-growing wind-swept plants, in which I noted the following : 

 Aciphylla simplex, whose round brownish cushions, from 18 cm. to 50 cm. 

 in diameter, were dotted everywhere, and predominated, contrasting strongly 

 with the grey schistose rocks ; Myosotis pulvinaris, Phyllachne Golensoi, 

 P. clavigera, Raoulia Parhii, Donatia novae-zealandiae, Dracophyllum pro- 

 stratum, Veronica Thomsoni, Haastia Sinclair)')', Abrotanella inconspicua, 

 Celmisia viscosa, Aciphylla Monroi, Veronica, lycopodioides, Viola Cun- 

 ninghamii, Celmisia laricifolia, and Ourisia gland ulosa, with a Celmisia which 

 may have been a small form cf C. discolor or an undescribed species. 



Mount Tennyson. 



On Mount Tennyson, at a height of about 4,350 ft., an open association 

 is found, the principal plants being Celmisia Lyallii, C. longifolia var. alpina, 



