376 Transactions. 



Celmisia prorepens, Petrie. 



(1.) Kingston, Mount Ida, Rock and Pillar Range ; H. J. 

 Matthews. (2.) Flagstaff Hill, near Dunedin ; H. J. Matthews. 



Celmisia spectabilis, Hook. f. 



(1.) Mount Blowhard, one of foothills between Canterbury 

 Plain and Upper Ashley Plain, 900 m. altitude ; L. C. ! (2.) 

 Waimate Gorge and RainclifEe, South Canterbury ; H. J. 

 Matthews. 



This latter ig a form with long, upright leaves, and is most 

 distinct from the common " rosette " habit of this species. Both 

 forms are in cultivation side by side in the Christchurch Botani- 

 cal Gardens, and the striking difference in habit is thus clearly 

 manifest. 



Celmisia verbascifolia, Hook. f. 



Growing on side of railway-line south of Oamaru, where it 

 has evidently reappeared since the enclosing of the line from 

 stock, &c. L. C. ! 



Whether this plant is really the C. verbascifolia of Hook. f. 

 is another matter. The original specimens were collected in 

 the extreme west of Otago, and this eastern plant has not been 

 seen there so far. It is possible that the western plant known 

 as C. hroivnii. Chapman, is the true C. verbascifoli (s e remarks 

 in Cheeseman's Manual, p. 309). 



H. J. Matthews sends the following note as to distribution 

 of this eastern plant : " From Shag Point on railway-line just 

 above high water to 3,500 ft. on Kakanui Mountains towards 

 Naseby, also railway-line near Hampden and mountains behind." 



Celmisia brownii, F. R. Chapman. 



Cheeseman refers (Manual, p. 310) to a plant gathered by 

 me on the Humboldt Mountains which seems to be intermedi- 

 ate between C. hroivnii and C. verbascifolia (the eastern plant). 

 The form in question I first collected in 1888, and grew it for a 

 number of years in my garden. It is very abundant in the alpine 

 meadows of Mount Bonpland. Its resemblance to the eastern 

 plant is more marked when dried than when living — indeed, the 

 two plants can be distinguished at a glance ; but whether it is 

 identical with Chapman's plant is another matter. 



Celmisia mackaui, Raoul. 



This is said to be still growing wild in a gully near the 

 Akaroa lighthouse. It is probably extinct on Mount Herbert 

 and most other parts of Banks Peninsula. 



