436 Transactions. — Botany. 



except that they are smaller, and are rather bilobate, or even 

 emarginate, than deeply bifid ; they are also of a deep lurid 

 red or reddish-purple. 



As pointed out by Mr. Buchanan, there can be no doubt 

 that this is the supposed dwarf mountain form of P. crinifcrum 

 mentioned in " Flora Antarctica," p. 33, "with all the leaves 

 lanceolate and more densely silky, more nearly approaching 

 Argjjroxijjliium than the ordinary state." The early period of 

 the flowering-season at which the expedition visited the 

 islands doubtless accounts for the characters of this species 

 not having been recognized, as it is very late in developing 

 its flowers, which could scarcely be fully expanded before 

 Christmas. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES XXXIX. AND XL. 

 Plate XXXIX, 

 Plciiroj^ihyUtiin liooherianinn. Leaves, three -fourths of the natural 



size. 



Plate XL. 

 P. Jiookcriamim. Scape, two -thirds the natural size. 1 and 2. 

 Ray-florets. 8. Disc-floret (enlra'ged). 



Art. XLVIII. — On the. Botany of Antipodes Island. 

 By T. KiEK, F.L.S. 



Head before the WcIUitgton rhllosopliical Society, 13th Fchniari/, 



ISOl.] 



Antipodes Island is situate in 49° 41' south latitude, and 

 178° 43' of east longitude. It was discovered by Captain 

 Pendleton, in the year 1800, but U]y to the present nothing 

 whatever has been known of its fauna and flora. The island 

 has the shape of a ham, its greatest length being two miles 

 and a half from east to west : the eastern extremity corre- 

 sponds to the shank of the ham, and apj)ears to have been 

 formed by a narrow lava-stream ; its greatest breadth is above 

 a mile and a half from north to south. It is simply the crater 

 of an extinct volcano, and would be roughly circular in shape 

 w'ere it not for the lava-stream which has been already men- 

 tioned. The cliffs are very steep and rugged, rendering the 

 island inaccessible except at the north-east corner, where a 

 landing can be effected only in the finest weather ; a small 

 stream descends to the sea on this side, and another on the 

 north-west. The crateriform portion of the island is en- 



