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haustive search. Myosotis antarctica, Ranunculus monroi and R. 

 geranifoliiis (the large-leaved variety), Coprosma depressa, Brachy- 

 come thomsoni var. memhranifolia, Microseris forsteri (gathered 

 for the first time), Archeria traversii, Dracophyllum urvilleanum 

 var. montana, Gentiana hellidifolia, Veronica cochayniana and 

 V. coarctata, Euphrasia clieesemanii, J uncus antarcticus, Scirpus 

 aucMandicus var. subcucullata, Uncinia purpurata, and Carex 

 acicularis were the chief additions made to my collection in that 

 camp ; and amongst the grasses Poa dipsacea, P. iinhecilla, and 

 P. hirkii var. mackayi were the most interesting. We had 

 rather a novel experience when on leaving that camp we came 

 down to the river with the intention of crossing in the chair 

 and putting up at the hotel which was on the opposite bank. 

 The chair was suspended over the middle of the stream, and as 

 we pulled it up to the landing the hauling-line parted, leaving us 

 without any means of crossing. It was too late in the evening 

 to effect repairs, and we had to go to bed supperless, lying on 

 the grass under the canopy of heaven and badly tormented by 

 mosquitoes. 



After setting up our camp at the Lyell Creek, I made several 

 ascents of Mount Lyell, and added a few more novelties to my 

 collection. On one of the rocky spurs I foiuid a plant described 

 by Mr. Cheeseman as a remarkable variety of Aciphylla lyallii, 

 having larger and more rigid leaves, the lower piimse of which 

 are trifid or again pinnate. Celmisia monroi was also found 

 on this mountain. On the road leading down from oui camp 

 to the Lyell I collected Uncinia riparia, and more specimens 

 of the flabby - leaved gentian met with before on Boundary 

 Peak ; also Rubus parvus was in fruit on the roadside ; and I 

 noticed in many of the wet mossy spots which were exposed 

 to the drip from the rocks above there were mats of Calceolaria 

 repens in full bloom, and charming the eye with their delicate 

 beauty. 



Returning again to Westport, the next point of interest is 

 Cape Foulwind, and the seven miles can be most pleasantly 

 walked at low water on a hard sandy beach. Amongst the 

 granite rocks which strew the beach just beyond the cape 

 Lepidium flexicaule is fairly plentiful, and a peculiar form of 

 WaJdenhergia, named W. saxicola var. congesta, grows amongst 

 the gravel, and further down the coast is quite common amongst 

 the sandhills. Mr. Cheeseman says of it, " Mr. Townson's 

 plant from Cape Foulwind, which forms broadly matted patches 

 in sandy soil, has a very distinct appearance, and almost deserves 

 specific rank." Desmoschcenus spiralis, Mariscus ustulatus, Eu- 

 phorbia glauca, and Veronica elliptica are the most conspicuous 

 plants, not forgetting Senecio rotundifolius, which attains its 



