414 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Systematic Botany. 



corded from Macquarie Island, but apparently in mistake for P. Hookeri. (En- 

 demic.) 



Almost as fine a species as the preceding, from which it differs in its suberect 

 petiolate leaves, taller scapes, which sometimes are over 4 ft. in height, and in the 

 flower-heads being without rays. Hooker's plate of the inflorescence (" Flora Ant- 

 arctica," t. 24, 25) is excellent, but unfortunately the artist has inadvertently figured 

 the leaf of P. speciosum in mistake for that of this species. 



Pleurophyllum Hookeri, Buch. 



Pleurophyllum Hookeri, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst., xvi, 395 (1884). P. 

 Hookerianum, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii, 435 (1891). P. 

 Gilliesianum, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii, 435 (1891). 



Auckland and Campbell Islands : Upland meadows, usually above 500 ft. and 

 ascending to 1,400 ft., not uncommon ; Buchanan ! Kirk ! Cockayne ! Aston ! 

 Tennant ! Laing ! Macquarie Island : Abundant in all suitable localities ; Fraser, 

 Scott, Hamilton ! (Endemic.) 



Easily separated from the preceding by the much smaller size, silvery tomentose 

 acuminate leaves, and by the shorter rigid scapes with fewer and smaller heads. 



Celmisia vernicosa, Hook. f. 



Celmisia vernicosa. Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 34, t. 26, 27 (1844). 



Auckland and Campbell Islands : From sea-level to at least 1,500 ft., most 

 abundant in moist grassy places above 500 ft. elevation ; Hooker and all subsequent 

 collectors. (Endemic.) 



An exceedingly handsome plant, but very variable in size. A large series of 

 specimens collected by Cockayne at the head of the North Arm of Carnley Harbour, 

 and a similar set obtained by Laing in Campbell Island, contain specimens varying 

 from IJ in. diam., with a solitary scape barely 2 in. high, to others quite 6 in. across, 

 with 8-10 scapes from 6 in. to 8 in. high. The peculiar varnished surface of the leaves 

 is most remarkable, and unique in the genus. Hooker compares it with the smooth 

 and shining surface of a shell, or looking as if covered with a thick coat of copal 

 varnish ; while Mr. Justice Chapman describes it as " gleaming like polished nephrite 

 newly from the lapidary's hands." The usual colour of the flowers is as described 

 by Hooker in the " Flora Antarctica " — that is, the ray-florets are pure white, some- 

 times with a faint tinge of rose at the tips, and the disc-florets are dark purple ; but 

 I am informed that individual specimens were noticed by members of the expedi- 

 tion in which the flowers were purple throughout. 



Celmisia Campbellensis, F. R. Chapm. 



Celmisia Campbellensis, F. R. Chapm. in Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii, 407 (1891). 

 C. Chapmani, T. Kirk in Gard. Chron., ix, 731, t. 146 (1891). 



Auckland Islands : North Arm of Carnley Harbour, alt. 600 ft. ; Captain Dor- 

 rien-Smith and Dr. Cockayne, J. S. Tennant ! (only two plants observed). Camp- 

 bell Island : Venus Cove, Perseverance Harbour ; F. R. Chapman ! T. Kirk ! (not 

 more than a dozen specimens observed). (Endemic.) 



