446 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Systematic Botany- 



Appendix to the Enumeration. 



Since the preceding enumeration of the species was written, the southern islands 

 have been again visited by Mr. B. C. Aston, who has succeeded in making considerable 

 collections, the greater part of which he has kindly placed in my hands for examina- 

 tion. As this material includes at least five species new to the florula (without 

 mentioning some grasses, to be dealt with by Mr. Petrie), and as several fresh localities 

 and other additional information have been obtained, making the total new matter 

 of considerable importance, the insertion of the following supplementary notes will 

 be fully justified. 



Ranunculus aucklandicus, A. Gray. — I find numerous fruiting specimens of this 

 in Mr. Aston's collections. The achenes, which are not nearly so much compressed 

 as those of R. hirtus, are very indistinctly or not at all margined, and are sparingly 

 villous with long hairs ; and the style is short and broad, slightly hooked at the 

 tip. As a species, it does not seem to be closely allied to any of those found in 

 New Zealand. 



Lepidium oleraceum, Forst, — Antipodes Island : Near the depot ; Aston ! 



Claytonia australasica, Hook. f. 



Claytonia australasica. Hook, f., in Hook., Ic. Plant., t. 293 (1840). 



Auckland Islands : North end of Enderby Island ; Aston ! Campbell Island : 

 Observed in several localities, ascending to quite 1,500 ft. ; Aston ! (New Zealand, 

 from Tongariro and Ruapehu southwards ; temperate Australia, and Tasmania.) 



Mr. Aston's specimens, which are the first I have seen from the islands, agree 

 very well with the usual state of the species in New Zealand. 



Fuchsia excorticata, Linn. f. 



Skinnera excorticata, Eorst., Char. Gen., 58 (1776). Fuchsia excorticata, 

 Linn, f., Suppl., 217 (1781). 



Auckland Islands : Common in the rata forest at the head of Laurie Harbour ; 

 Aston ! (New Zealand, abundant from the North Cape southwards.) 



This is an interesting and somewhat unexpected addition to the florula of the 

 southern islands. 



Gnaphalium luteo-alhum, Linn. — Antipodes Island ; Aston. Not previously re- 

 corded from any part of the group excepting the Auckland Islands, Perhaps a 

 recent introduction. 



Craspedia uniflora, Forst. 



Craspedia uniflora, Forst., Prodr., n. 306 (1786). C. Richea, Cass, in Diet. 

 Sci. Nat., xi, 353 (1818). G. fimhriata, D.C., Prodr., vi, 152 (1837) ; 

 Hook, f , Fl. Nov. Zel., i, 131 (1853). Staehelina fimhriata, Forst. ex 

 D.C., Prodr., \% 153 (1837). 



