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The flower-heads and scapes hardly seem to differ from those of C. vernicosa, 

 but the leaves are altogether different, being broader and not so coriaceous, longi- 

 tudinally furrowed above and strongly ribbed beneath. 



(Note. — Celmisia verhascifolia. Hook, f., has been recorded by Kirk as a native 

 of Campbell Island, on the strength of specimens said to have been collected in 1874 

 by Dr. Filhol and Lieutenant Rathouis, of the French Transit of Venus Expedition. 

 It has not been observed since, although repeatedly searched for, especially by Mr. 

 Kirk in 1890, by Dr. Cockayne in 1903, and by Mr. R. M. Laing during the present 

 expedition. I feel sure that some accidental admixture of specimens has been made, 

 and I have consequently expunged the species from the list.) 



Gnaphalium luteo-album, Linn., Sp. Plant. 



Gnaphalium luteo-album, Linn., Sp. Plant., 851 (1753) ; Hook, f., Fl. Ant- 

 arct., i, 37, and ii, 543 (1844-47). 



Auckland Islands : On the sea-beach, exact locality not stated ; D'Urville. 

 (Fl. Antarct.), Kirk, Cockayne. (Most warm-temperate or tropical countries.) 



I have seen no specimens, but there is no reason for doubting the locality. At 

 the same time, it is singular that the species should extend so far to the south, seeing 

 that it is mainly a tropical or warm-temperate plant, absent from the extreme north 

 of Europe and the polar regions, and also wanting in North America and the extreme 

 north of Asia. In the Southern Hemisphere it is found in South Africa and the 

 warmer portions of South America, but it does not reach Fuegia or the Falkland 

 Islands. It occurs on Tristan d'Acunha and Inaccessible Island, but not on Ker- 

 guelen Island or the Crozets. 



Helichrysum bellidioides, Willd., var. prostratum, T. Kirk. 



Xeranthemum bellidioides, Forst., Prodr., n. 293 (1786). Helichrysum 

 prostratum, Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 30, t. 21 (1844). Gnaphalium 

 prostratum. Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel., i, 137 (1853). Helichrysum belli- 

 dioides, AVilld., Sp. Plant., iii, 1911 ; var. prostratum, T. Kirk, Students' 

 Fl. 307 (1899). 



Auckland, Campbell, and Antipodes Islands : Abundant throughout, ascend- 

 ing to over 1,500 ft. ; Hooker, Kirk ! Cockayne, and others. (Mountains of New 

 Zealand, from Mount Egmont southwards, but not nearly so abundant as the type.) 



Some botanists will prefer to treat this as distinct from the typical H. bellidioides, 

 but there is little to separate the two plants, except that bellidioides has long brac- 

 teate peduncles to the heads and prostratum none at all. But passage forms are not 

 uncommon, and, on the whole, it is best to treat the plant as a well-marked variety 

 rather than a separate species. 



Cassinia Vauvilliersii, Hook. f. 



Ozothamnus Vauvilliersii, Homb. & Jacq. ex Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 29 

 (1844) ; Decn., Voy. Astrol. et Zel., 38, t. 5, Dicot. (1853). Cassinia 

 Vauvilliersii, Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel., i, 133 (1853). 



Auckland Islands : Abundant, often forming a dense scrub, but rarely ascending 

 to any great height on the hills ; Hooker, D'Urville, and all subsequent collectors. 



