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Art. LX. — Notes on Plants from Campbell Island. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. 

 [Received by the Wellington Philosophical Society, Idth March, 1882.] * 

 Having 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 Eathouis, 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. 

 Colohanthus muscoides, Hook. f. A scrap mixed with Tillcea — lAeutenant 



Rathoiiis. 

 Montia fontana, L. 



Acana sanguisorbcB, Vahl. A form clothed with soft silky hairs. 

 Tillcea moschata, DC. 



Epilobium linnceoides, Hook. f. In all the sets. This plant must be con- 

 sidered a form of F. rotimdifolium , from which some of the present 

 specimens cannot be distinguished. 

 E. confertifolium, 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 

 Otago. 

 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 Wellmgton 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 

 both alike give off strong scions. 



* Title read at Annual Meeting, 12th February, 1881. 



