Kirx.—On Plants from Campbell Island. 387 
Art. LX.—Notes on Plants from Campbell Island. By T. Kies, F.L.S. 
[Received by the Wellington Philosophical Society, 13th March, 1882.]* 
Havine had the privilege of examining the collection of Campbell Island 
plants in the Otago Museum, and comparing it with a set presented to me 
by the same collector; Dr. Filhol, also with a small collection made by 
Lieutenant Rathouis, of the ‘ Vire,” I find several interesting plants not 
previously known to exist on the island. I have therefore drawn up the fol- 
lowing list of the plants comprised in the three collections, and added a few 
critical notes :— 
Ranunculas pinguis, Hook.f. All the specimens with solitary flowers, and 
the leaves much more succulent than in alpine specimens from the 
South Island. 
R. aucklandicus, Gray. Occurs in all the sets. Petals small, distant. 
Cardamine hirsuta, L., var. carnosa. 
Stellaria decipiens, Hook. f. In the Otago collection only : a mere fragment 
without flowers. 
Colobanthus muscoides, Hook. f. A scrap mixed with Tillea— Lieutenant 
Rathouis. 
Montia Jontana, L. 
Acena sanguisorbe, Vahl. A form clothed with soft silky hairs. 
Tillea moschata, DC. 
Epilobium linnaoides, Hook. f. In all the sets. This plant must be con- 
sidered a form of E. rotundifolium, from which some of the present 
Specimens cannot be distinguished. 
E. conf ertifolium, Hook. f. A small form which may prove to be specifically 
distinct. It occurs at from 4,000 to 5,000 feet in Marlborough and 
gO. ; 
Ligusticum latifolium, Hook. f. In all the collections, but it is worthy of 
note that L. antipodarwm is not represented in either. 
Stilbocarpa polaris, Den. and Planch. Sir Joseph Hooker has pointed out 
the differences between specimens of this plant from the Auckland 
Islands and Stewart Island. Those from the Auckland and Campbell 
Islands have the leaves plaited and clothed with strong hairs. I have 
been much interested in observing that of three specimens from the 
“Auckland Islands cultivated in the Wellington Botanic Garden, side by 
side with a strong specimen from Stewart Island, two have entirely lost 
these characters and exactly resemble the latter. There is, moreover, 
no difference in the inflorescence of plants from the two habitats, and 
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