THE VASCULAR FLORA OF MACQUARIE ISLAND.—CHEESEMAN. 
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Stems stout, long, procumbent, often elongated and much branched, glabrous or 
silky at the tips of the very young shoots. Leaves very variable in size, 3 to 8 cm. 
long; stipules large, sometimes as much as 1-5 cm. long, sheathing; laminse four to 
six foliolate, the two lowest pairs much reduced in size, the lowest minute and distant 
from the others, the upper pairs close together, oblong to obovate, acutely and coarsely 
serrate-dentate, glabrous or nearly so above, beneath densely clothed with silky appressed 
hairs on the rhachis and primary veins, margins pilose with silky hairs and with the 
tips of the teeth furnished with a pencil of silky hairs, pale-green on both surfaces but 
paler beneath. Scape 3 to 7 cm. long, stout, erect, in the young state densely clothed 
with silky appressed hairs, becoming more glabrous in age. Heads variable in size, 
even when mature, 1 to 2 cm. diam., in colour ranging from stramineous to pale rubescent. 
Sepals four, pale green, broadly oblong, obtuse, 1-5 to 2 mm. long, glabrous above, 
pilose with appressed silky hairs beneath. Stamens two, filaments variable in length, 
sometimes barely exceeding the sepals, at other times nearly twice as long; anthers 
•5 to -6 mm. long, -6 to -75 mm. broad, broadly transversely oblong, pale purple or 
yellowish purple. Cupule broadly obconic, densely pilose with appressed hairs; spines 
four, subequal, exceeding the sepals, barbed at the tip. Stigma broadly bilaterally 
plumose. 
Macquarie Island :—Common on the lower grounds, and on hillsides near the 
sea. Fraser; Scott (1880); A. Hamilton (1894); H. Hamilton (1912-1913). 
Like the preceding species, this was first recorded from Macquarie Island by Sir 
J. D. Hooker on the strength of specimens sent to Kew by Mr. C. Fraser, of Sydney. 
Dr. Scott, who gathered it during his visit of 1880, incorrectly referred it to A.Buchanani, 
which does not extend beyond the limits of New Zealand proper. 
A form gathered by H. Hamilton at an elevation of 500 feet on the hills at 
the northern end of the island is much depressed, forming densely branched patches 
of considerable size. It has much smaller leaves and shorter scapes than the 
ordinary form, and is also darker in colour, but there are no other differences of 
importance. 
I quite agree with Dr. Cockayne (Trans. N.Z. Inst. XLIX, p. 15) in restoring 
Hooker’s varietal name of minor , thus relegating the later published names of 
aucklandica Bitter, and ant arctic a Cockayne, to the position of synonyms. As the 
Macquarie Island Accence have never been fully characterised, I have drawn up the 
above descriptions, following to a considerable extent the plan adopted in Bitter’s 
elaborate monograph of the genus. 
A. Sanguisorbce, looking at it in its widest sense, has an extensive distribution. 
It is found in New Zealand, Australia, Tristan d’Acunha, Amsterdam Island, Auckland 
and Campbell Islands, Antipodes Island and Macquarie Island. 
