interior of the Bush it is gloomy; everything as silent as the grave; 
neither gay blossoms nor gaudy butterflies and birds greet the eye 
or relieve the melancholy monotony of the scenery ; all animal life 
seems extinct, and, however much the curious traveller may have 
yearned after sylvan beauty, it is with feelings of delight that 
after days of tedious plodding through the dreary solitude of those 
gloomy and desolate woods he hails once more the cheering day- 
light of the open landscape. 
Appendix. 
List of flowering alpine plants in the Mountain Ranges of the interior of the 
Province of Canterbury, growing from 4000 feet to the line of perpetual snow; 
according to Dr. J. Haast. 
Ranunculus Lyallii (Hooker fil. 1863) 
„ Traversii do. 
„ pinguis var. Monroi 
„ Buehanani (Hooker fil. 1864) 
„ Haastii do. 1863 
„ sericophyllus do. 1864 
„ Sinclairii do. 1864 
„ gracilipes (Hooker fil. 1864) 
Caltha novte-ZelandicC 
Notathlaspi rosulatum (Hook. fil. 1863) 
Viola Cunnighainii 
Stellaria Roughii (Hooker fil. 1863) 
Gunnera prorepens 
Epilobium macropus 
„ co nferti folium 
„ crass uni 
Pozoa Haastii (Hooker fil. 1863) 
„ reniformis 
Acipbylla Lyallii (Hooker fil. 1863) 
„ Monroi 
„ Dobson ii (Hooker fil. 1863) 
Ligustisum Haastii (F. Muller, 1861) 
„ piliferum (Hooker fi. 1863) 
Ligustisum carnosulum do. 
„ aroma ticum do. 
Coprosma depressa 
Olearia Haastii (Hooker fil. 1863) 
Celmisia densiflora (Hooker fil. 1863) 
„ discolor 
„ Haastii (Hooker fil. 1863) 
„ Lyallii (Hooker fil. 1863) 
„ viscosa (Hooker fil. 1864) 
„ petiolata (Hooker fil. 1863) 
„ laricifolia 
„ Hectori (Hooker fil. 1863) 
„ sessiliflora do. 
„ bellidioides do. 
„ glandulosa do. 
Brachicome Sinclairii (Hooker fil. 1864) 
Cotula atrata (Hooker fil. 1864) 
„ pectinata do. 
„ pyrethrifolia do. 
Ozothamnus microphy 1 lus 
Raoulia australis 
„ tenuicaulis 
„ Haastii (Hooker fil. 1864) 
