THE VASCULAR FLORA OF MACQUARIE ISLAND.—CHEESEMAN. 
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looking at the island from the sea. . . . The interior of the island shows the 
rocky tops of the hills blown perfectly bare by the winds, and fissured by the 
frosts, and in the hollows of the uplands lie a number of little lakes. . . . Azorella 
Selago grows on the hillsides, forming globular masses often 4 feet across. These 
are green on the surface, where the living part of the plant lies as a crust to the 
great mass of debris which forms the interior, through which the roots descend. 
The whole constitutes a solid mass upon which one can stand. The surface crust 
is particularly dense, and the young shoots so closely packed together, and so 
uniform in height, that lichens and other small plants sometimes grow upon it. 
. . . Pleuroplvyllum occurs in large patches all over the island, and is the 
handsomest plant thereon, its long sage-green leaves and purple flowers making 
it particularly noticeable. . . . Stilbocarpa polaris is the Macquarie Island 
cabbage of the sealers, and is found all over the island growing in large patches. 
In sheltered corners on the lower ground it is a handsome plant, and its bright 
green leaves are always conspicuous.” 
A list of the plants collected, determined by Mr. A. C. Purdie, is given by Dr. 
Scott. Owing to his visit being early in the season, several of the species were not 
yet in flower, and identification was consequently difficult. A few regrettable mistakes 
were made, most of which were corrected by Mr. T. Kirk in a short notice printed in 
vol. 3 of the Report of the Australasian Association (p. 226). In the light of the 
subsequent collections made by Mr. A. Hamilton in 1894, and by the Mawson expedi¬ 
tion in 1912-1913, I have been able to compile the following amended list of the 
vascular plants actually gathered by Dr. Scott, the total number being eighteen. 
Ranunculus biternatus Smith. 
Stellaria decipiens Hook. f. 
Colobanthus muscoides Hook. f. 
Accena adscendens Vahl. 
Accena Sanguis orbce Vahl. 
Tillcea moschata D.C. 
Azorella Selago Hook. f. 
Stilbocarpa polaris A. Gray. 
Coprosma repens Hook. f. 
Cotula plumosa Hook. f. 
Pleurophyllum Hookeri Buch. 
Luzula campestris D.C. var. crinita. 
Poa foliosa Hook. f. 
Poa annua Linn. 
Festuca contracta T. Kirk = F. erecta D’Urv. 
Lomaria penna-marina Trev. 
Aspidium vestitum Swartz. 
Poly podium australe Mett. 
