183 
cionata the year there should be no difficulty in any active man 
D - Re the summit from the 3000 ft. camp in the bed of the 
ee River and returning in twelve hours. With three com- 
_ ane Dr. I. Allan Thomson, Mr. H. Hamilton (both of the 
— Museum Staff, Wellington), and a. * : 
the onal the well-known amateur guide of Blenheim, I left 
eed ni 3000 — an immense tabular rock in the Dee River 
petuwncd + = about 6 a.m. on 29th February, 1916, and we 
vite 0 the same level in ‘an adjoining valley about the same 
in the evening. Our ascent was, of course, somewhat 
pict, rae descent of 6000 ft. in three hours was facilitated by 
sae : ingle slips upon which good time was made. The most 
portant botanical discovery of the trip was the finding the 
vegetable sheep’ (Haastia pulvinaris) growing at an altitude 
i its altitude, 
highest station it is undoubtedly not a shingle plant, 
plant growing on the precipitious northern side of the twin peak 
apu-ae-nuku. For a i : 
i. of this plant, see Laznievski [‘ Bietrage Zur Biologie der 
he Sorgen * Flora, 1896, 82 bd. heft iii. | and Low [ Trans. 
-4. Inst., vol. 32, 1899, p. 150]. The plants of the shingle 
rass, they were i 
the protective coloration of the plants bein 
t . the mountain several spectes ie 
0 the Province of Marlborough were collected Perhaps 
‘ al visitors to 
feature which will most appeal to future~ botanic 
