_Gallinula_ or _Porphyriornis Comeri_ (Allen). This water-hen is common on Gough Island, but is not seen on Tristan da Cunha. Some of the islanders say they have seen it on the western side of Inaccessible Island. _Eudyptes chrysocome._ Only two or three were seen. Gough Island gives an impression from the sea of almost tropical greenness, and on landing at the Glen one has much the same impression, for the slopes and hillsides are thickly covered with vegetation. Trees, tree ferns and tussock grass are most abundant, whilst the rocks and cliff faces are covered with mosses and lichens. The trees are the Island Tree (_Phylica nitida_). An interesting discovery was made by the geologist of a grove of trees of a different sort. They were in the “little glen” on the southern side of Archway Rock, and he describes them as “growing as if planted in an orchard,” reaching a height of four to five metres and spreading to four metres or more. It has since been identified as a variety of _Sophora tetraptera_ J. Mull, var. nov. _Goughensis_. About the beach there is a luxuriant growth of dock (_Rumex fructescens_ and _Rumex Obtusifolius_). There was also a wild celery, which was found by comparison to differ considerably from the type species from Tristan da Cunha (Thouars Fl. Trist. p. 43 _Apium Australe_). This plant was also collected by the _Scotia_, and after an examination of the specimens, as well as those from the _Quest_, it has been decided to name it as a new species, _Apium Goughensis_. In the sheltered parts of the cliffs were several varieties of maidenhair fern (_Adiantum aethiopicum_); mosses and lichens were everywhere. On the flat ground bordering the beach grew a thick covering of grasses, mostly dwarfed _Scirpus sp._, with here and there some bunches of _Agrostis ramulosa_. Thistles and _Gnaphalium_ grew rankly near the edge of the penguin rookeries. The wild tea plant (_Chenopodium tomentosum_) flourished luxuriantly. The small _Hydrocotyle_ (most probably _leucophalica_), though dwarfed by its environment, was noticed by its distinctive leaf. The thicker vegetation grew to a level of about 2,000 feet, when most of it ceased. At this level the cranberry in its southern temperate form (_Empetrum nigrum_ var. _rubrum_) grows abundantly. At this season of the year (June 1st) it was loaded with bright red fruit. _Lycopodium_ was found by the naturalist at the highest level attained by him, but in a dwarfed condition. _Agrostis ramulosa_ and _A. media_ seemed to thrive at higher levels. _Cotula Goughensis_, a new species described by Dr. Rudmose Brown of the _Scotia_, which grows to a height of 30 cm. near the beach, is dwarfed to 5 or 6 cm. on the higher slopes. Only closely related forms were noticed at the higher levels, but a longer period ashore and a more careful and prolonged search at these levels might produce something new. In all thirty specimens referable to nineteen species were collected.