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Art. XXXIII.—Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats (II).
[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 14th November, 1906.]
The following list contains not only the names of plants collected or observed by myself, but also by others who have kindly supplied me with specimens or information, notably Messrs. H. J. Matthews, Henry P. Young of Orepuki, R. M. Laing, M.A., B.Sc., F. G. Gibbs, M.A., of Nelson, J. Crosby-Smith of Invercargill, and F. W. Huffam of Motueka.
So far as the Longwood Range is concerned, all the plants observed above the forest-line by Crosby-Smith, H. P. Young,
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and myself are noted, with the exception of those formerly collected by Mr. T. Kirk mentioned in Cheeseman's “Manual of the New Zealand Flora.” This range, 20 km. in length and 868 m. in altitude, runs almost due north from Kawakapatu Bay, Foveaux Strait, and is of special phytogeographical interest, since it is the nearest high land of the South Island to Stewart Island. Although the height of the Longwoods is not great, the open land on the summit contains a rather rich subalpine vegetation. Mr. Crosby-Smith and myself were unfortunate during a visit last November to the range, since it rained heavily all day, and the mist on the summit was so thick as to make it inadvisable to proceed far from the track. Consequently, it was impossible to take more than the briefest notes, or to make a collection of any importance. Fortunately, Mr. Young has since then commenced to collect the plants of his neighbourhood, and he is also supplying most excellent details as to the stations, so that with his assistance I hope to publish before long a detailed account of the plant formations of this interesting district.
In all cases where I have seen an authentic specimen, even if collected by myself, a mark of exclamation is used; when there is no such mark I have not seen a specimen. In one or two instances habitats are given, which are noted in Cheeseman's Manual, but from which he had personally seen no specimens. I have also given in a few instances MS. names rather than leave a plant unrecorded. Where any doubt as to an identification exists a mark of interrogation is appended.
Filices.
Lomaria banksii, Hook. f.
Banks Peninsula, near Akaroa Lighthouse. L. C.!
LycopodiaceÆ.
Lycopodium ramulosum, T. Kirk.
Abundant on moist floor of stunted forest on Mount Remarkable, Stewart Island. L. C.!
TaxaceÆ.
Libocedrus doniana, Endl.
Between Collingwood and West Wanganui Inlet. H. J. Matthews.
Dacrydium biforme (Hook.), Pilger.
Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
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Podocarpus acutifolius, T. Kirk. L. C.!
Taxad forest near Lake Brunner, Westland. L. C.!
(This habitat has already appeared in Pilger's “TaxaceÆ: Das Pflanzenreich,” heft 18, but it is not given by Cheeseman, and so may be overlooked by New Zealand students.)
PandanaceÆ.
Freycinetia banksii, A. Cunn.
Base of Seaward Kaikouras, a little to north of River Hapuka. H. J. Matthews!
GramineÆ.
Ehrharta colensoi, Hook. f.
Candlestick Mountains, Waimakariri district, Canterbury, on rock, 1,200 m. altitude. L. C.!
Microlæna polynoda, Hook. f.
Remnant of old forest, Port Hills, Banks Peninsula. L. C.!
Microlæna avenacea (Raoul), Hook. f.
Forest, Mount Egmont. * L. C.!
Hierochloe fraseri, Hook. f.
Subalpine meadow, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Agrostis dyeri, Petrie.
Subalpine scrub and subalpine meadow, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Trisetum antarcticum (Forst. f.), Trin.
Subalpine scrub, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Danthonia pungens, Cheesem.
Summit of Mount Remarkable, in stony ground, Stewart Island. Robert Gibb!
Danthonia semiannularis, R. Br.
Subalpine meadow, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Poa anceps, Forst. f.
Subalpine forest and scrub. Mount Egmont. L. C.!
[Footnote] * Buchanan only noted two grasses in the Mount Egmont region (Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. x, p. 62, 1869). Since that time Cheeseman Petrie, and myself have increased the number to thirteen.
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CyperaceÆ.
Mariscus ustulatus (A. Rich), C. B. Clarke.
Near shore, Piraki, Banks Peninsula. L. C.!
Carpha alpina, R. Br.
Bogs, Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
Cladium sinclairii, Hook. f.
(1.) On face of cliffs, Patea; L. C.! (2.) On face of shale cliff near Taihape; L. C.!
Oreobolus pectinatus, Hook. f. (O. pumilio, R. Br., var. pectinatus, C. B. Clarke.)
Bogs, Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
Uncinia riparia, R. Br.?
Subalpine scrub, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
*Uncinia pedicillata, Küken, sp. nov.
Forest, Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Strait. L. C.!
RestionaceÆ.
Hypolæna lateriflora, Benth., var. minor, Hook. f.
Bogs, Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
JuncaceÆ.
Luzula pumila, Hook. f.
Scoria slope, Mount Egmont; altitude, 1,850 m. L. C.!
LiliaceÆ.
Cordyline indivisa (Forst. f.), Steud.
(1.) Mount Egmont; L. C.! (2.) Mount Herbert, Banks Peninsula; R. Nairn.
(The Banks Peninsula habitat was recorded in 1880 by J. B. Armstrong, the plant being thus indicated: “Cordyline hookeri, Kirk (C. indivisa?).” I refer to this habitat here as the eastern distribution in the South Island is not given in Cheeseman's Flora.)
[Footnote] * “Proxime U. purpurata, Petrie, differt 1, foliis rubris; 2, spicula valde elongata; 3, utriculis squamas minus excedentibus nonnisi obsolete nervosis longe pedicellatis.”—Extract from letter from Kukenthal to L. C.
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Astelia linearis, Hook. f.
Bogs, Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
Astelia petriei, Cockayne?
Wet ground, Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
Arthropodium cirrhatum (Forst. f.), R. Br.
Cliffs, Stephen Island, Cook Strait. L. C.!
Arthropodium candidum, Raoul.
On loamy soil overlying limestone débris in partial shade of tussock and rock, Castle Hill, Waimakariri region, 800 m. altitude. F. C.!
Herpolirion novÆ-zelandiÆ, Hook. f.
(1.) Bogs at Waipahi, Southland; L. C.! (2.) Waimarino Plateau, west of Ruapehu, in wet ground; L. C.!
ChloranthaceÆ.
Ascarina lucida, Hook. f.
Forest near Kumara, Westland. L. C.!
FagaceÆ.
Nothofagus fusca (Hook. f.), Oerst.
(1.) Patch of forest on Mount Grey, Canterbury; L. C.! (2.) Forest on Limestone Creek, south-east Marlborough; H. J. Matthews and L. C.!
UrticaceÆ.
Urtica incisa, Poir., var. linearifolia, Hook. f.
Subalpine scrub, Humboldt Mountains, Otago. L. C.!
PolygonaceÆ.
Rumex neglectus, T. Kirk.
Shingly beach and peaty turf, Dog Island and Centre Island, Foveaux Strait. L. C.!
Muehlenbeckia ephedrioides, Hook. f.
(1.) Stony terrace of Ninety-mile Beach, near mouth of Rakaia River, Canterbury; L. C.! (2.) Floor of Manuka Heath, Culverden Plain, south Nelson; L. C.!
Muehlenbeckia axillaris, Walp.
(1.) Stony shore north of Greymouth, west Nelson; L. C.! (2.) Hagley Park, Christchurch, Canterbury; C. Chilton!
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ChenopodiaceÆ.
Atriplex billardieri, Hook. f.
Sandy shore of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty. L. C.!
PortulacaceÆ.
Claytonia australasica, Hook. f.
(1.) Wettish open ground, base of Bluff Hill, near Foveaux Strait, Southland. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
(2.) Stony ground in subalpine meadow of Mount Holds-worth, Tararua Mountains. L. C.!
Montia fontana, L.
Horseshoe Lake, near Christchurch, Canterbury. R. M. Laing and L. C.!
Hectorella cæspitosa, Hook. f.
On rock, summit of Greenhill, alpine region, Waimakariri district, Canterbury A. H. Cockayne and L. C.!
CaryophyllaceÆ.
Colobanthus muelleri, T. Kirk.
(1.) Ninety-mile Beach, Canterbury; L. C.! (2.) Sea-shore, Orepuki, Foveaux Strait, Southland; L. C.!
Stellaria parviflora, Banks and Sol.
Mount Egmont. L. C.!
RanunculaceÆ.
Clematis afoliata, Buch.
(1.) Near high-water mark, “the Rocks,” near mouth of Waipara River; H. J. Matthews! (2.) Sea-shore, Cheviot; H. J. Matthews and L. C.! (3.) Base of cliffs, Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour; C. Chilton and L. C.! (4.) Mount Grey Downs, Canterbury; L. C.!
Ranunculus tenuicaulis, Cheesem.
Subalpine meadow, Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Mountains. L. C.!
Ranunculus acaulis, Banks and Sol.
(1.) Ninety-mile Beach, on shingle, near mouth of Rakaia River; L. C.! (2.) Salt meadow, base of Kaikoura Peninsula; L. C.! (3.) Dog and Centre Islands, Foveaux Strait; L. C.!
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CruciferÆ.
Pachycladon novÆ-zealandiÆ, Hook. f.
Stony ground, Mount Bonpland; altitude, 1800 m. L. C.!
Lepidium tenuicaule, T. Kirk
Shingly beach, Waipapa Point, Southland. L. C.!
CrassulaceÆ.
Crassula moschata, Forst.
Near the Akaroa lighthouse, Banks Peninsula L. C.!
SaxifragaceÆ.
Donatia novÆ-zelandiÆ, Hook. f.
Boggy ground on summit of Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith; H. P. Young; L. C.!
RosaceÆ.
Acæna depressa, T. Kirk.
Dunes near Riverton, Southland. L. C.!
This form of Acœna, which I am referring as above, has been in cultivation in H. J. Matthews's garden for a number of years, and keeps its character perfectly. It seems to me very different indeed from any subalpine or alpine form of Acœna with which I am acquainted. I have in cultivation specimens of this Riverton plant.
LeguminosÆ.
Carmichælia monroi, Hook. f.
Stony bed of Waimakariri River, Lower Canterbury Plain. L. C.!
So far as I know, this plant does not occur on the plain itself, and the specimen here noted has evidently been brought by the river from the Southern Alps.
Carmichælia australis, R. Br. (Form with very broad cladodes.)
Waitakerei Ranges, Auckland. Petrie and L. C.!
Carmichælia, sp. (flagelliformis, Col.?)
Subalpine scrub, Mount Egmont; L. C.!
Sophora prostrata, Buch.
(1.) Stony ground, Port Hills, Banks. Peninsula; L. C.!
(2.) Stony ground near terrace of Waimakariri River, at the
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Lower Gorge, Canterbury Plain, in company with S. microphylla; L. C.!
Swainsonia novÆ-zelandiÆ, Hook. f.
Mount Ida, Central Otago. H. J. Matthews.
GeraniaceÆ.
Geranium microphyllum, Hook. f.
Subalpine region, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
RutaceÆ.
Melicope ternata, Forst.
(1.) Plentiful near coast of north Nelson; F. W. Huffam. (2.) Forest, Seaward Kaikouras; L. C.!
MeliaceÆ.
Dysoxylum spectabile (Forst. f.), Hook. f.
(1.) Abundant throughout the Marlborough Sounds; H. J. Matthews! (2.) Forms large part of forest of Stephen Island; L. C.!
CorynocarpaceÆ.
Corynocarpus lævigata, Forst.
(1.) Near shore, Port Robinson, Cheviot; H. J. Matthews and L. C.! (2.) Along coast, south of Kaikoura Peninsula to Goose Bay; H. J. Matthews and L. C.!
StackhousiaceÆ.
Stackhousia minima, Hook. f.
(1.) Waimarino Plateau, west of Mount Ruapehu; L. C.! (2.) Culverden Plain, south Nelson; L. C.!
ElæocarpaceÆ.
Aristotelia colensoi, Hook. f.
(1.) In remains of forest near Waihopai River, Invercargill. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
(2.) Near creek, base of Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Mountains.
Aristotelia fruticosa, Hook. f.
Subalpine scrub, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
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TiliaceÆ.
Entelea arborescens, R. Br.
(1.) Goat Island, off Cook's Cove, Marlborough; H. J. Matthews. (2.) Fisherman's Island, near Motueka, north Nelson, and other islands near the coast; F. W. Huffam.
ViolaceÆ.
Melicytus lanceolatus, Hook. f.
(1.) Mount Egmont; L. C.! (2.) Otira Gorge, Westland; L. C.!
Viola lyallii, Hook. f.
Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
PassifloraceÆ
Tetrapathæa australis, Raoul.
Riccarton Bush, Canterbury Plain. Mrs. J. Deans; L. C.!
ThymeliaceÆ.
Drapetes dieffenbachii, Hook.
Hills near Clinton. L. C.!
Pimelea lævigata, Gaertn., var. repens, Cheesem.
Dunes, Colac Bay, Southland. L. C.!
MyrtaceÆ.
Metrosideros hypericifolia, A. Cunn.
Riccarton Bush, Canterbury Plain. L. C.!
OnagraceÆ.
Epilobium pictum, Petrie.
(1.) Slopes of Mount Isabel, Hanmer Plains district; L. C.! (2.) Riccarton Bush, Canterbury Plain; L. C.!
Epilobium chloræfolium, Hausskn.
Mount Egmont, subalpine region. L. C.!
Epilobium linnæoides, Hook. f.
Mount Egmont. L. C.!
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Epilobium sp. (aff. E. krulleanum, Hausskn.).
Rocks on track to Bowen Falls, Milford Sound. L. C.!
(This is to call attention to this plant, so that any one interested in plants visiting the locality might perhaps collect a living plant and dried specimens for the writer.)
Epilobium rubro-marginatum, sp. nov. ined.
(1.) On consolidated stony débris under cliffs of Otira Glacier; L. C.! (2.) Similar station to above, and very common, near source of Rolleston Creek, Westland; A. H. Cockayne! (3.) Mount Arthur Plateau; F. G. Gibbs! I am not absolutely certain as to identity of this.
Epilobium tenuipes, Hook. f.
Stony river-flat at base of Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Mountains. L. C.!
HalorrhagidaceÆ.
Gunnera prorepens, Hook. f.
Sphagnum bog, Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Strait. L. C.!
Gunnera dentata, T. Kirk.
(1.) Lochinvar Plain, Waimakariri Region; L. C.! (2.) River Kowhai, near base of Mount Torlesse Range; L. C.!
AraliaceÆ.
Nothopanax edgerleyi (Hook. f.), Harms.
Common in “beech-pine forest” on the flanks of the Longwood Range, near Otautau. L. C.!
Nothopanax sinclairii (Hook. f.), Seem.
Mount Tauhara, near Lake Taupo. H. J. Matthews!
Nothopanax colensoi (Hook. f.), Seem.
Subalpine scrub, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Pseudopanax ferox, T. Kirk.
Forest, Raincliffe Reserve, Canterbury; H. J. Matthews! Waitakere Range, Auckland (I have seen seedlings and specimens of adult plants said to have come from this habitat in garden of Messrs. Nairn and Son, Christchurch).
UmbelliferÆ.
Eryngium vesiculosum, Lab.
Happy Valley, near Island Bay, Wellington; not common. L. C.!
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Oreomyrrhis andicola, Endl., var. colensoi, Kirk.
Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Ligusticum aromaticum, Hook. f.
Summit of Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
Aciphylla squarrosa, Forst.
(1.) Stony shore of Lyall Bay, Wellington; L. C.! (2.) Marlborough Sounds, near sea-level; H. J. Matthews.
Angelica geniculata, Hook. f.
Near base of Rock and Pillar Range, Otago. L. C.!
EricaceÆ.
Gaultheria perplexa, T. Kirk.
On old dunes near Awarua bog, Southland. L. C.!
Gaultheria antipoda, Forst. f., var.
“Growing in peaty soil on western slope, sheltered from westerlies by a rock,” Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
Gaultheria rupestris (Forst. f.), R. Br.
“Among rocks in well-drained loam, sheltered from westerly winds,” Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
Pernettya nana, Col.
(1.) On open slope of Mount Earnslaw, near its base; L. C.! (2.) Mount Ida, 1,200 m.; H. J. Matthews.
EpacridaceÆ.
Pentachondra pumila (Forst. f.), R. Br.
(1.) “Matted, growing in bog or semi-bog of peaty loam exposed to westerly winds,” crest of Longwood Range; H. P. Young! (2.) Abundant on old dunes near Awarua Bog, Southland, at sea-level; L. C.!
Cyathodes acerosa, R. Br.
“In shelter of forest on western slope,” Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
Cyathodes empetrifolia, Hook. f.
Abundant in semi-bog in open, summit of Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
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Dracophyllum pearsoni, T. Kirk.*
Boggy ground on Mount Remarkable, Stewart Island. L. C.!
Dracophyllum kirkii, Berggren.
Rocky places on Mount Alexander, Westland, subalpine region. L. C.!
Dracophyllum uniflorum, Hook. f., var. acicularifolium, Cheesem.
As member of terrace scrub, with Veronica traversii, Gaya ribifolia Aristotelia fruticosa, Discaria toumatou, and Corokia cotoneaster, River Kowai, Upper Canterbury Plain L. C.!
MyrsinaceÆ.
Suttonia montana, Hook. f.
Forest near Taihape. L. C.!
Suttonia nummularia, Hook. f.
(1.) Semi-bog, summit of Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
(2.) Subalpine meadow, Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Mountains. L. C.!
Suttonia divaricata (A. Cunn.), Hook. f.
Subalpine scrub, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
BoraginaceÆ.
Myosotis forsteri, Lehm.
Waimarino Forest. L. C.!
LabiatÆ
Mentha cunninghamii, Benth.
Grassy terrace of Otira River, Westland. L. C.!
ScrophulariaceÆ.
Calceolaria repens, Hook. f.
Banks of creeks at base of Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Mountains. L. C.!
[Footnote] * There is perhaps some mistake here. Since visiting Stewart Island a second time I find that D. pearsoni is a plant of the subalpine scrub and not of the bog.
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Mimulus repens, R. Br.
In semi-brackish water near beach, Kaikoura. L. C.!
Mazus radicans (Hook. f.), Cheesem.
Summit of river-terrace, in open, Otira Valley, Westland. L. C.!
Mazus pumilio, R. Br.
Flat ground of dune region near Waimakariri Estuary. L. C.!
Veronica divergens, Cheesem.
“Growing in company with V. elliptica,” sea-coast near Brighton, south Nelson. H. J. Matthews!
(This is the Manual habitat, but it is again recorded here on account of details as to its companion plant.)
Veronica buxifolia, Benth. (A quite prostrate form.)
Wet ground, summit of Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.
I have this plant in cultivation, and also the following form.
Veronica buxifolia, Benth. (A very distinct erect form, differing altogether in appearance from either the type or the var. odora.)
Summit of Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
Ourisia cockayniana, Petrie.
Near foot of large waterfall by Lake Minchin, Snowcup Range; Canterbury. L. C.!
Ourisia colensoi, Hook. f.
On floor of subalpine scrub, Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
Ourisia macrocarpa, Hook. f.
Mount Bonpland and Lake Harris Saddle. H. J. Matthews.
Euphrasia repens, Hook. f.
Moist, sandy peat in various places near the shore of Foveaux Strait—e.g., Ocean Beach, Riverton Flats, Waipapa Point. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
GesneriaceÆ.
Rhabdothammus solandri, A. Cunn.
Waimarino Forest. L. C.!
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RubiaceÆ.
Coprosma grandifolia, Hook. f.
Forest on Seaward Kaikouras. L. C.!
Coprosma lucida, Forst. f.
Subalpine scrub, Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Coprosma baueri, Endl.
Abundant on cliffs of Stephen Island, Cook Strait. L. C.!
Coprosma cunninghamii, Hook. f.
Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Coprosma tenuifolia, Cheesem.
Waimarino Forest. L. C.!
Coprosma areolata, Cheesem.
Riccarton Bush, Canterbury Plain. L. C.!
Coprosma ramulosa, Petrie.
Mount Torlesse. L. C.!
Coprosma crassifolia, Col.
Riccarton Bush, Canterbury Plain. L. C.!
Coprosma colensoi, Hook. f.
Very abundant in forest of Longwood Range. L. C.!
Coprosma banksii, Petrie.
As for Cop. colensoi.
Coprosma repens, Hook. f.
Summit of Longwood Range. Crosby-Smith and L. C.!
CampanulaceÆ.
Pratia angulata (Forst. f.), Hook. f.
Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
CandolleaceÆ.
Phyllachne subulata (Hook. f.), F. Muell.
(1.) Bog near Waipahi, south Otago; L. C.! (2.) Waimarino Plateau; L. C.!
Forstera sedifolia, L. f.
Summit of Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
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CompositÆ.
Olearia illicifolia, Hook. f., var. mollis, T. Kirk.
(1.) Subalpine scrub, head of Otira Gorge, Westland; L. C.! (2.) Clinton Saddle, west Otago; R. M. Laing!
(I have for many years been of the opinion that this is a species distinct from O. illicifolia, just as much so, at any rate, as is O. macrodonta.)
Olearia haastii, Hook. f.
Dart Valley, Otago; 540 m. altitude. H. J. Matthews.
Olearia oleifolia, T. Kirk.
As for O. haastii.
Olearia coriacea, T. Kirk.
Mount Blairich. H. J. Matthews!
This form has not the peculiar saddle-shaped leaves of the Mount Fyffe plant.
(Plants of O. coriacea are now in cultivation in the Canterbury College garden, and in that of H. J. Matthews.)
Olearia fragrantissima, Petrie.
Saddle Hill, near Dunedin. H. J. Matthews.
Olearia hectori, Hook. f.
Tapanui. H. J. Matthews.
Olearia solandri, Hook. f.
Awatere Valley, Marlborough. H. J. Matthews.
Celmisia walkeri, T. Kirk.
Clinton Saddle. R. M. Laing!
Celmisia ramulosa, Hook. f.
Mountains near Lake Harris, Otago; abundant. H. J. Matthews.
Celmisia sp. aff. C. hieracifolia, Hook. f.
Subalpine meadow, Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Mountains. L. C.!
Celmisia holosericea, Hook. f.
Rock Burn and Sylvan Lake, Otago. H. J. Matthews.
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Celmisia prorepens, Petrie.
(1.) Kingston, Mount Ida, Rock and Pillar Range; H. J. Matthews. (2.) Flagstaff Hill, near Dunedin; H. J. Matthews.
Celmisia spectabilis, Hook. f.
(1.) Mount Blowhard, one of foothills between Canterbury Plain and Upper Ashley Plain, 900 m. altitude; L. C.! (2.) Waimate Gorge and Raincliffe, South Canterbury; H. J. Matthews.
This latter is a form with long, upright leaves, and is most distinct from the common “rosette” habit of this species. Both forms are in cultivation side by side in the Christchurch Botanical Gardens, and the striking difference in habit is thus clearly manifest.
Celmisia verbascifolia, Hook. f.
Growing on side of railway-line south of Oamaru, where it has evidently reappeared since the enclosing of the line from stock, &c. L. C.!
Whether this plant is really the C. verbascifolia of Hook. f. is another matter. The original specimens were collected in the extreme west of Otago, and this eastern plant has not been seen there so far. It is possible that the western plant known as C. brownii, Chapman, is the true C. verbascifoli (s e remarks in Cheeseman's Manual, p. 309).
H. J. Matthews sends the following note as to distribution of this eastern plant: “From Shag Point on railway-line just above high water to 3,500 ft. on Kakanui Mountains towards Naseby, also railway-line near Hampden and mountains behind.”
Celmisia brownii, F. R. Chapman.
Cheeseman refers (Manual, p. 310) to a plant gathered by me on the Humboldt Mountains which seems to be intermediate between C. brownii and C. verbascifolia (the castern plant). The form in question I first collected in 1888, and grew it for a number of years in my garden. It is very abundant in the alpine meadows of Mount Bonpland. Its resemblance to the eastern plant is more marked when dried than when living—indeed, the two plants can be distinguished at a glance; but whether it is identical with Chapman's plant is another matter.
Celmisia mackaui, Raoul.
This is said to be still growing wild in a gully near the Akaroa lighthouse. It is probably extinct on Mount Herbert and most other parts of Banks Peninsula.
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Celmisia coriacea, Hook. f.
(1.) Mount Grey, Canterbury; H. J. Matthews, L. C.! (2.) Reported from the Tararua Mountains by Buchanan, but this needs confirming. I did not note it on my recent visit to those mountains.
Celmisia,* sp. undetermined, but probably related to C. armstrongii.
“Restricted, so far as I was able to examine, to a hollow having a westerly aspect,” Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
(I have the plant in question in cultivation.)
Celmisia longifolia, Cass., var.
Wet ground, summit of Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
Celmisia laricifolia, Hook. f.
“In semi-bog, loam, eastern slope, in full sunshine,” Longwood Range. H. P. Young!
Celmisia glandulosa, Hook. f.
(1.) Semi-bog, Longwood Range; H. P. Young! (2.) Waimarino Plateau; L. C.!
Celmisia parva, T. Kirk.
(1.) Mount Cobb; F. G. Gibbs! (2.) Mount Rochfort; H. J. Matthews.
Celmisia argentea, T. Kirk.
Summit of Mount Remarkable, Stewart Island. R. Gibb!
Raoulia glabra, Hook. f.
Mount Egmont. L. C.!
Raoulia australis, Hook. f.
(1.) Sea-shore, Lyall Bay, near Wellington; L. C.! (2.) Shingly shore of Ninety-mile Beach, Canterbury; L. C.! (3.) Dunes near Colac, Southland; L. C.!
Cassinia albida, Cockayne.
Mount Blairich. H. J. Matthews!
[Footnote] * Since writing the above I have procured, through the kindness of Mr. Reichel, of Orepuki, a number of specimens of this plant, and propose shortly to publish a description of it under the name of Celmisia lanceolata. Its systematic position is between the common Otago form of C. coriacea and C. armstrongii.
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Cassinia fulvida, Hook. f.
Bed of Waimakariri River, Lower Canterbury Plain L. C.!
Senecio hectori, Buchanan.
“Between Greymouth and Point Elizabeth, 50 ft. altitude.” H. J. Matthews.
Senecio cassinioides, Hook. f.
Summit of Blowhard, 900 m. altitude. L. C.!
Senecio rotundifolius, Hook. f.
(1.) West Wanganui Inlet, north-west Nelson; H. J. Matthews. (2.) Cliffs, Centre Island, Foveaux Strait; L. C.!