* 
eg of Rumex neglectus‘) 
The Plant Formations. 271 
Epilobium confertifolium (pink); Gentiana cerina (white to brilliant crimson); 
Celmisia vernicosa and C. campbellensis (disc purple, rays white); Anisotome 
latifolia (pale lilac, rosy-lilac, rosy-purple), A. anzipoda (bright purple) and 
Chrysobactron Rossi (yellowish-orange). This far-greater proportion of brilliant 
coloration than elsewhere in New Zealand and the occurrence, too, of brilliantly 
colored vicarious species, represented by dull-colored in New Zealand, is cer- 
tainly not due to a greater proportion of insects, but quite the contrary, and 
even were the insects present, they could do. little in the face of constant 
gales. 
d. Seasonal changes. 
So far as is known the vegetation is comparatively quiescent from May 
to the end of September. As the forest and scrub are evergreen the winter 
and summer aspect are the same except that the leaves of Histopteris are 
for the most part dead. In the open, where tussock does not dominate, the 
aspect is considerably changed, for the great leaves of Pleurophyllum criniferum 
and Chrysobactron Rossii are absent and those of other species of Pleuro- 
Phyllum much reduced in size. Hypolepis millefolium and Polystichum_ cysto- 
stegia are likewise summer-green. At about the middle of November, the herbs 
of Lord Auckland’s Islands are just coming into flower the first to appear 
being those of, — Ranunculus pinguis, R. aucklandicus, Myosotis aw 
Veronica Benthami and Phyllachne clavigera. By December, many m 
species are blooming freely and during that month the herb-field is full. & 
of colour, though probably ?. speciosum is at its best in early January. Then 
too, Metrosideros lucida will turn the forest into a blaze of crimson. More 
or less of a floral display extends till March but most likely it is chiefly a few 
species flowering out of season that persist so long, e.g., — Stlbocarpa, 
Anisotome antipoda, Pleurophyllum FERFECHN, Chrysobactron &c. 
4. The Plant-Formations‘). 
a. Coastal 
ı. Dune. 
Dune occurs only on Enderby Island. Fi 
eh il 
nd hie lants are 
absent, the wet climate alone keeps the sand fixed and non-dune species form 
the association, especially, — Crassula moschata, Ranunculus acaulis, Epilo- 
Where t 
bium confertifolium, Pratia arenaria and a moss of dense habit. 
dunes are moving inland, through EEE = ge ‚there are "pure ; h 
A 
2. Rock and cliff, including sten: ar = 
The following species occur throughout: —  Blechnum durum 2 An e 
nium obtusatum, which finally form sr masses en Poa Reue but 
1) Macquarie Ylasd; is dealt with by itself. : 5 
2) Probably absent on the virgin dunes; in New Zealand 
eoastal mon. 
