Contributions to New Zealand Botany

1868

Science QK463 LQ98

Edinburgh: William & Norgate

William Lauder Lindsay (1829-1880), Scottish physician and botanist, arrived in Dunedin from Scotland on the 7th October, 1861. Lindsay chose to visit the Otago region because he thought it the best location with the ‘greatest botanical novelty’. Based in Fairfield, near Green Island, Lindsay conducted field research in the surrounding area, on the Taieri Plains and further south in the Tuapeka Ranges, and Kaitangata. Lindsay’s Contributions was a summation of his four month visit to the province. Aciphylla colensoi (above) (Gr. acicula – needle; phylla – leaf) is commonly known as giant speargrass. This evergreen’s foliage is sharp and spiky, and its growth widespread.