Captain James Cook: his Artists and Draughtsmen - Auckland Art ...

52 Discaria Toumatou, Wild Irishman—in referenceto the spines, common on the coast south of theManukau and in the mountains.53 Rubus australis, Bush-lawyer—in reference tothe clinging habit, a forest bramble.54 Pteris macilenta, Thin bracken, a common fernfrom North Cape to Banks Peninsula.55 Coprosma robusta, Karamu, a forest shrub ofthe Madder family, sometimes used as a dye-plant.THE FORSTER PLATESJohn Reinhold Forster and his son George accompanied Cook on his second voyage in 1772-1775. Dr AnderSparrman, another pupil of Linnaeus, joined the expedition at the Cape of Good Hope. They botanised at QueenCharlotte Sound and Dusky Sound in 1773 and 1774 and George Forster drew some of the plants. His drawingswere bought by Sir Joseph Banks who had copper plates engraved, but again prints were never pubhshed Thefour displayed are from a set of 28 presented to the Auckland Institute and Museum in 1900.56 Arthropodium cirrhatum, Renga-lily, foundonrocks near the sea.57 Pseudowinters axillaris, Horopito, an aromaticforest shrub.58 Pimelea gnidia, a native daphne, first found atDusky Bay.59 Olearia oporina, a daisy shrub from Fiordland.60 Dichelachne crinita, Plume-grass, common indry land.