BOTANICAL DISCOVERY. XXXV 
Orchideae which I have named in his honour Townsonia. Mr. Townson’s 
specimens, which have been collected with great care and judgment, have 
been mainly forwarded to me for the purposes of this work, and have 
proved of much service in determining many questions relating”to the 
geographical range of the species. 
Mr. H. J. Matthews, the present head of the Forestry Department, 
has collected in many parts of the colony, adding largely to our know- 
ledge of the range of the species, and obtaining a few novelties, notably 
the beautiful Ranunculus Matthewsvi, described in the appendix to this 
work. He has also done excellent service in forming an extensive 
collection of living plants in his garden at Dunedin, especially of the rarer 
alpine and subalpine species. If this collection is maintained and ex- 
tended it will prove invaluable for affording the means of leisurely study 
and comparison in difficult genera like Veronica and Celmisia, &c. 
Mr. F. G. Gibbs, of Nelson, has done excellent work during the last 
ten’ years in the Nelson’ District, both on”the Dun Mountain Range and 
on the chain of mountains extending northwards from Mount Arthur 
to Collingwood. ~"Among his special discoveries are the curious Veronica 
Gibbsu, Gentiana vernicosa, Celmisia Gibbsii, &c. 
The Marlborough District has been carefully and closely examined 
by Mr. J. H. Macmahon, who has made several finds of importance, 
especially in the neighbourhood of Mount Stokes. Oelmisia Macmahoni, 
C. Rutland, and Veronica rigidula are interesting novelties first observed 
by him. 
Mr. R. H. Matthews, of Kaitaia, has assiduously collected in most 
parts of Mongonui County, paying special attention to the Orchideae. He 
has added Corysanthes Matthewsii and Chiloglottis formicifera to the flora, 
and has succeeded in refinding Pittosporwm obcordatum, which for sixty years 
after its original discovery by Raoul had eluded the search of New Zealand 
botanists. 
Mr. H. Carse, now resident in Mongonui County, has botanized in 
several portions of the Auckland Provincial District. He has given 
special attention to the Oyperaceae, adding Schoenus Carsei and Lepidos- 
perma filiforme to the list’of those”already known to occur in the colony. 
He was also the first to observe the curious little plant which I have 
provisionally described under the name of Trithuria inconspicua. 
For several years Mr. F. A. D. Cox has carefully investigated the flora 
of the Chatham Islands, obtaining much new information relating to the 
distribution and environment of the species, and collecting a few novelties. 
His specimens, often accompanied by valuable notes, have been forwarded 
to Mr. Kirk, Dr. Cockayne, and myself. 
_ Other recent” workers are R. Helms, R. J. ‘Kingsley, J. Dall, D. W. 
Bryant, Hlsdon* Best, EH. "W. *Andrews, J. *B. Simpson, “H. ‘Nairn, 
J. Annabell, J. B. Lee, and T. P. Arnold. : 
In the preceding sketch I have made no attempt to include the names 
of those authors who have published general works or special monographs 
in which New Zealand plants are casually mentioned or described. Nor 
have i mentioned the labours of those who have attended solely to the 
lower cryptogams, a branch of the flora which is outside the scope of the 
present work. 
