THE VASCULAR FLORA OF MACQUARIE ISLAND.—CHEE 3 EMAN. 
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locality collected by H. Hamilton is exactly that size, and matches Campbell Island 
specimens gathered by B. C. Aston. But two other sheets in H. Hamilton’s collection 
contain much larger specimens with leaves and peducles 2 to 3 cm. long, thus 
approaching in size Kirk’s var. alpinus. 
In the New Zealand area C. Billardieri is abundant from the East Cape south¬ 
wards. It is usually considered to be the same as a Victorian and Tasmanian plant. 
But quite lately Dr. Skottsberg has reaffirmed its distinctness. He unites the New 
Zealand plant with the Fuegian and Falklands C. crassifolius Hook. f. Not having 
seen specimens of this, I can offer no opinion of my own. The whole genus is much in 
need of a careful revision. 
PORTULACACEiE. 
Montia fontana Linn. 
Montia fontana Linn. Sp. Plant. (1753), 87; Hook. f. FI. Antarct. I (1844), p. 13, also 
FI. Nov. Zel. I (1853), p. 74, and Handb. N.Z. FI. (1864), p. 27; T. Kirk Students’ 
FI. (1899), p. 65; Cheesm. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906), p. 72, and Subantarctic Islands 
of N.Z. II (1909), p. 402. 
Macquarie Island :—Not uncommon in streams or moist places near the sea, 
also in damp places on the sides of the hills. A. Hamilton (1894); H. Hamilton 
(1912-1913). 
I have seen no specimens except those gathered by H. Hamilton, which show 
the usual differences in size and habit due to locality and environment. One sheet of 
specimens, from “ rocks by the sea-coast, West Point,” shows depressed and densely 
leafy tufts 3-4 inches in diameter, while another “ from bed of creek” is composed of 
laxly branched tufts 2-5 inches high, strongly resembling what could be gathered in 
mountain districts in New Zealand. Another form, labelled “ between clumps of Poa 
foliosa on a sheltered hill-side ” is remarkable for its long straggling sparingly leafy 
branches 4 to 6 inches long. 
Montia fontana is generally distributed throughout the North and South 
Temperate zones. 
ROSACEvE. 
Ac^na adscendens Void. 
Accena adscendens Vahl Enum. I (1804), p. 294; Hook. f. FI. Antarct. I (1844), p. 10, 
and II (1847), p. 268, t. 96; Cheesem. Subantarct. Islands of N.Z. II (1909), p. 403; 
Bitter Monog. die Gattung Accena (1910), p. 175. 
Stems stout, procumbent, 3-5 dm. long; branches ascending, glabrous, reddish- 
purple or rubescent. Leaves 6-10 cm. long; stipules large, 2 cm. long or even more, 
