XXXVI HISTORY OF BOTANICAL DISCOVERY 
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mahoni, C. Rutlandii, and Veronica rigidula are interesting novelties 
first observed by him. 
Mr. R. H. Matthews, of Kaitaia, has assiduously collected in most 
parts of Mongonui County, paying special attention to the Orchidee. 
He has added Corysanthes Matthews and Chiloglottis formicifera to 
the flora, and has succeeded in refinding Pittosporum obcordatum, 
which for sixty years after its original discovery by Raoul had eluded 
the search of New Zealand botanists. 
Mr. H. Carse, now resident in Mongonui County, has botanized in 
several portions of the Auckland Provincial District. He has given 
special attention to the Cyperaceew, adding Schanus Carsei and Lepi- 
dosperma filiforme to the list of those already known to occur in the 
colony. He was also the first to observe the curious little plant which 
I have provisionally described under the name of Trithuria inconspicua. 
For several years Mr. F. A. D. Cox has carefully investigated the 
flora of the Chatham Islands, obtaining much new information relating 
to the distribution and environment of the species, and collecting a 
few novelties. His specimens, often accompanied by valuable notes, 
have been forwarded to Mr. Kirk, Dr. Cockayne, and myself. 
Other recent workers are R. Helms, R. J. Kingsley, J. Dall, D. W. 
Bryant, Elsdon Best, E. W. Andrews, J. B. Simpson, H. Nairn, J. R. 
Annabell, J. B. Lee, and T. P. Arnold. 
In the preceding sketch I have made no attempt to include the 
names of those authors who have published general works or special 
monographs in which New Zealand plants are casually mentioned or 
described. Nor have I mentioned the labours of those who have 
attended solely to the lower cryptogams, a branch of the flora which 
is outside the scope of the present work. 
