Bog at Brabourne, near Murchison, Buller River, North-western South Island Bot. Dist. [Botanical District]
Verbatim locality:
Bog at Brabourne, near Murchison, Buller River, North-western South Island Bot. Dist. [Botanical District]
Verbatim collector:
H. H.Allan
Standardised collector:
Harry H. B. Allan
Verbatim date:
20 / 1 / 1925
Start date:
1925-01-20
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Bog
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
This is clearly the HH Allan collection cited by Dixon (1929: 360) as S. magellanicum - this specimen is therefore of particular historical significance. No other duplicates appear to be present in CHR (Jan. 2006).
The chlorophyllose cells of branch leaves are representative of S. cristatum (they are not deeply enclosed as in S. magellanicum). The stem cortical cells here have mulitple (mostly 2-4) pores, which is also representative of S. cristatum.
Allan Fife, January 2006