Pollen analysis of a surface sample from Antipodes Island

Summary Of the 23 pollen types recorded during pollen analysis of a surface sample from the northern slopes of Mt Galloway, Antipodes Island, 15 were derived from the New Zealand mainland some 480 miles ( ca . 770 km) to the north‐west. Of these derived grains Nothofagus fusca type and Pinus were the most frequent. Fern spores were far more numerous than pollen grains, and although these may be over‐represented, they reflect the importance of ferns in the vegetation of Antipodes Island. Although spores of the recently recorded Phymatodes diversifolium occurred in the sample, none were recorded in Post‐glacial peat samples examined in 1959.