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21. Scirpus aucklandicus Boeck. New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, New Zealand 
proper, Tasmania, and reported from Amsterdam Island. 
22. Uncinia riparia R.Br., var. Hookeri Kuken. The variety confined to the New 
Zealand Subantarctic Islands and Macquarie Island; the species extends to New 
Zealand proper, Victoria, and Tasmania. 
23. Carex trifida Cav. Almost a circumpolar plant, found in Fuegia, Falkland 
Islands, Auckland and Campbell Islands, and New Zealand proper. 
24. Agrostis magellanica Lam. A true circumpolar species, recorded from Chili, 
Fuegia, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen Island, Marion and Heard Islands, 
Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, and New Zealand proper. 
25. Deschampsia Chapmani Petrie. Subantarctic Islands and New Zealand. 
2G. Deschampsia pcnicillata T. Kirk. Endemic. 
27. Triodia macquariensis Cheesem. n.sp. Endemic. 
28. Poa joliosa Hook. f. New Zealand proper and its Subantarctic Islands. 
29. Poa Hamiltoni T. Kirk. Endemic. 
30. F estuca erecta D’Urv. Fuegia, Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Kerguelen 
Island. Not found in the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, but otherwise a 
circumpolar species. 
31. Lomaria penna-marina Trev. A circumpolar species. It is recorded from Chili, 
Juan Fernandez, Fuegia, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen Island, Crozets, Tristan 
d’Acunha, Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands, Antipodes Island, New Zealand, 
Tasmania, and extra-tropical Australia. 
32. Aspidium vestitum Swartz. New Zealand and its Subantarctic Islands, Tasmania 
and Australia, Fuegia and Juan Fernandez. 
33. Polypodium austrole Mett. A circumpolar species. Fuegia, Falkland Islands, 
Kerguelen Island, Marion Island, Tristan d’Acunha and Amsterdam Island, New 
Zealand and its Subantarctic Islands, Australia and Tasmania. 
34. Lycopodium varium R.Br. Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, New Zealand 
proper, Victoria, and Tasmania. 
The following conclusions can be drawn from the above catalogue. First, that 
the thirty-four species inhabiting Macquarie Island include three endemic plants not 
known elsewhere -a very important fact. Secondly, of the remaining thirty-one, all 
but four are found in the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. Eighteen extend to 
New Zealand proper, and eleven are found in no other country. The New Zealand 
area is so much nearer to Macquarie Island than any other land that these figures are in 
no way surprising. On the contrary, the natural assumption is that the New Zealand 
