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pacrid Dracophyllum paludosum was also in full flower, and the 
ol erent nade a lave y contrast with the Ulearia and a 
brilliant red berries of Styphelia robusta, a combination whic 
existed on the edges of the drier ground: At last we came toa 
lonely steep gully full of bush, including tree ferns and Senecio 
- Huntii in abundance, where we halted for lunch and where m ge 
of the fog I was able to obtain some good photographs. Eventually 
we arrived at the Te Tuku gully—very sieep and ert ama 
which a bad track led. The gully at the mouth where we crosse 
is about 600 ft. high, about half-a-mile wide, and covered with be 
When we arrived at Mr. Blyth’s house, about 4 o’clock, I explaine 
to him that my mission was to obtain specimens of a rare plant 
( Aciphylla Diejenbachii) which I had heard grew on the clitis near 
his house, and he immediately led me to the spot. It was growing 
on the precipitous slopes of the cliffs, which are here 600 ft. highs 
one flowering plant only being accessible, which we obtained. The 
edge of the clitf was covered with Phormium tenax, long grass, some 
Astelia nervosa, Veronica chathamica, more erect than the type, an 
the lovely little pink or white flowered Geranium Traversit, while 
on a ledge of the cliff below I noticed some of the ordinary forest 
trees, also a mass of Myosotidium nobile (the Chatham Island Lily) 
and the giant nettle Urtica australis. I also found Olearia 
chathamica in abundance growing on the cliff a little farther along ; 
also Senecio lautus and S. radiolatus. Through the kind hospitality 
of our hosts we stayed at Te Tuku the night, with the promise of 
more Aciphylla Mefenbachii the nextday. Sure enough, on a small 
detached cliff-island some two miles on our way back, Mr. Blyth 
showed me a quantity of it growing, and I was able to take good 
photographs and get some specimens and plants. Unfortunately 
only the male plants were still in flower, the females having already 
gone to seed. This was most disappointing, because Mr. T. F. 
Cheeseman in his Flora is inclined to agree with Mr. Kirk in 
considering that it will ultimately form the type of a new genus; 
but hitherto no flowering specimen of the female has been obtained. 
The plant is ver 
and is said to occur also 
I found it. It is 
ntry. On the 11th it seemed 
finer and I started off with Mr. Cox to visit the shores of the 
Great Lagoon (Te Whanga) and the country between it and Lake 
Huro. Growing on the low limestone cliffs bordering the lagoon 
I found Styphelia Richei 
‘is found again in New South Wales), 
. Styphelia robusta, Sophore 
tetraptera (Koi), Phormium tenax, Lin 
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um mon.gynum, Geranium 
