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FURTHER NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF LORD 

 HOWE ISLAND. 



(Fifth Paper.*) 



By J. H. Maiden. 



(Plate xxviii.) 



Additional BibJ iograjyhicnl Notes. 



L McGiLLiVRAY, J.— Letters from, in Hooker's New Journ. of 



Botany, vi., 353 (1854). 

 2. Rev. W. B. Clarke's Presidential Address, Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 N.S.W., iv., 37(1870). 

 The following extract from a letter, written by Mr. Charles 

 Hedley, on the island during his visit in Septemljer, 1908, is very 

 interesting. Both he and Mr. W . S. Dun collected botanical 

 specimens freely, and presented the whole of their collections to 

 the National Herbarium, Sydney. 



" When I asked what I could do for you on Lord Howe Island, 

 you replied that material from the high ground would be par- 

 ticularly acceptable. 



" Mt. Gower forms a massive block, the Hat summit of which, 

 according to the guides, is only accessible by a spur running from 

 the head of Erskine Valley, and as far as we could see, except at 

 this point, the mountain is surrounded by tiers of huge wall-like 

 precipices. It will illustrate the steepness of the track to say 

 that the wild pigs have never been able to reach the summit, and 

 that a dog, which accompanied us, had to be handed up from 

 ledge to ledge over what the islanders call the 'getting-up 

 places.' 



"The summit is a plateau of about 200 acres, which at a dis- 

 tance appears almost level. Actually, several small streams 



* The other papers will be found in these Proceedings, xxiii., 112(1898); 

 xxiv., 381(1899); xxvi., 156(1901); xxvii., 347(1902). 



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