614 Transactions.' --MiscelUtncous. 



side ave bOOft. high. Though we had only found a few alba- 

 troses, we saw them in great numbers in more inaccessible 

 places. On the shore here we saw some white goats, part of 

 Captain Fairchild's stock. Hitherto goats have done well 

 and sheep badly at most of tliese depots, but I think the 

 flocks of sheep j)ut down are far too small. The shores of the 

 harbour are fringed with scrub. This is composed of Draco- 

 phylhim. One writer says there are pine-trees; another sees 

 manuka {Lcptospcrmum, sp.). The DracojyJiylluvi, allied to the 

 heaths, but with leaves like grass, is presumably the pine ; 

 the Cassinia — a familiar shrub on our hills— is, I suppose, the 

 manuka of the other observer. Another writer found ground- 

 larks and wrens ; we found neither, though the ground-larks 

 may be there. Mr. Travers obtained no land-birds. Mr. 

 Eeischek only saw the blight-bird {Zosterops lateralis, vel 

 caridesccns) , which certainly crosses the ocean. Mr. Bell 

 could see no ducks, though they are said to frequent the 

 island. Lauding near Venus Cove we were soon among 

 beautiful and interesting plants. Here at 100ft. above the 

 sea the Cclmisia vcrnicosa was very fine and plentiful. I 

 suspect that the reported existence of Celmisia vcrbascifolia 

 (a well-known Otago plant) on this island is a mistake. On a 

 small area of fiat moist land my brother, Mr. Martin Chap- 

 man, discovered a new plant, which I identified as aii un- 

 known species of Celmisia, to which I have given the name 

 C. camphellensis.''- It is quite unlike any other, though its 

 flower-heads are like those of C. vernicosa. Wo obtained ten 

 plants, one being in flower and others in seed, and brought 

 them all away for cultivation. Mr. Kirk subsequently had 

 the good fortune to obtain one in flower. It seems singular 

 that this should l)e found within half a mile of the French 

 camp, and close to the spot where, I presume, Sir Joseph 

 Hooker lay, but it appeared to us to be locally confined to 

 less than an acre of ground. Higher on the range it may be 

 more plentiful. One plant growing hero, which was generally 

 past flowering at Adam's Island, is Plcurophjjlluvi crinifcrum. 

 The flowers are by no means so pretty as those of P. speciosutn, 

 but the general effect of the plant, with flower-bearing scapes 

 4ft. high, is very striking. Here, too, we found in flower the 

 beautiful golden lily called Anthericnm rossii. This was 

 plentiful enough at the Auckland Islands, but generally past 

 flowering. When in perfection it is a beautiful flower, and I 

 find it easy to cultivate. 



The day was cool but fine, and the evenings had now 

 become very long, with twilight like that of the Old Country. 

 Early next day we moved down to a lower anchorage near 



. .. * See above, Art. XLIII. 



