Systematic Botany.'] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 411 



Coprosma ciliata, Hook. f. 



Cojprosma ciliata, Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 22 (1844). C. parviflora, var. 

 pilosa, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst., xix, 241 (1887). 



Auckland and Campbell Islands : Abundant, ascending to at least 1,000 ft., 

 and often forming almost impenetrable thickets ; Hooker, Kirk ! Aston ! Laing ! 

 Antipodes Island: Kirk! (Probably also, in a slightly different state, in the moun- 

 tains of the South Island of New Zealand). 



Although the flowers of this species have still to be obtained, the specimens 

 brought back by the expedition leave little doubt that it will prove identical with 

 my C. parviflora var. pilosa, a plant found in many localities in the central and 

 western portions of the South Island, and which differs from the Auckland Island 

 plant only in being more slender and not so copiously branched, and in having 

 less copiously ciliate leaves. 



Coprosma foetidissima, Forst. 



Coprosma foetidissima, Forst., Char. Gen. 138 (1776) ; Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., 

 i, 20, t. 13 (1844). C. affinis. Hook, i, Fl. Antarct., i, 21, t. 14(1844). 



Auckland Islands : Abundant in woods near the sea, and ascending the valleys 

 to an elevation of nearly 1,000 ft. ; Hooker and all subsequent collectors. Camp- 

 bell Island : Quoted in the Handbook by Hooker, and by Kirk in the " Students' 

 Flora," but I have seen no specimens, and it was not collected by Cockayne in his 

 visit of 1903, nor by Laing during the recent expedition. (New Zealand, hilly forests 

 from Cape Colville southwards) 



Varies greatly in the size and shape of the leaves, which in luxuriant specimens 

 may exceed 2 in. in length, with a breadth of over fin., thus exceeding the usual 

 size in New Zealand. Hooker's C. affinis was separated mainly on account of the 

 acute or even acuminate leaves, but was subsequently abandoned by its author, 

 I have not seen specimens which exactly match the plate given in the " Flora Ant- 

 arctica," although some show a sufficiently close approach to justify the merging of 

 the two forms. 



Coprosma cuneata, Hook. f. 



Coprosma cuneata, Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 21, t. 15 (1844). 



Auckland, Campbell, and Antipodes Islands : Common from sea-level to a 

 considerable height, forming much of the subalpine scrub in open gullies and 

 depressions ; Hooker, Kirk ! Cockayne ! Aston ! Tennant ! Laing ! (New Zealand, 

 mountain districts from the East Cape and Lake Taupo southwards.) 



In the " Manual of the New Zealand Flora " I have followed Hooker and others 

 in assuming that this is the same as the mountain species so common in New Zealand. 

 It is well to state, however, that the Auckland Island plant differs in having its 

 leaves always widest at the upper extremity, which is rounded or almost truncate, 

 and decidedly retuse or even emarginate, whereas the leaves of the New Zealand 

 plant are usually broader, subacute, or even acute. Unfortunately, all the speci- 

 mens I have seen from the islands are out of flower ; but if it should be proved that 

 the above differences are accompanied by corresponding deviations in the flowers 

 or fruit, then the New Zealand plant should be separated as a distinct species. 



