Smithsonian Report, 1949.—Egbert H. Walker PLATE 6 
1. WILD IRISHMAN (DISCARIA TOUMATOU), A DIVARICATING SHRUB, DRY EAST 
COAST OF SOUTH ISLAND 
This characteristic growth habit is found in many New Zealand shrubs. See also plate 7, figure 1. 
(Photograph by L. Cockayne, courtesy New York Botanical Garden.) 
2. COLLECTING DONATIA NOVAE-ZELANDIAE IN AN ALPINE BOG, MAUNGATUA 
RANGE, OTAGO PROVINCE, SOUTH ISLAND 
This dense flat mat is so solid that footprints hardly show. Other species of this genus occur only in 
Tasmania and southern South America. (Photograph by E. H. Walker.) 
