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MR. J. BUCHANAN ON THE BOTANY 



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These higher mountains do not eeem to have anything dif- 

 ferent from those of lower altitudes of 4000 to GOOO feet, several 

 of which were examined in the district ; and tlie Looker-on Kai- 

 kouras are unfavourable as fields for alpine plants ; there are no 

 flat spots with wet bottoms or slopes of debris at rest. 



The season being exceptionally wet, the principal Kaikouras 

 were not examined ; but there is little doubt that the shepherds 

 employed to search for plants tliere have pretty well exhausted 

 them. 



The following is a list of plants collected or noted as being 

 found in the district : 



Clematis indivisa 



Colensoi. 



Alectr}'on excelsum. 

 Corynocarpus laevigata. 



, sp., leafless. River-valleys and Coriaria ruscifolia, a small var. ^vith 



sea-coast. 



waved edges on the leaves. 



Ranunculus pinguis. 4000-5000 ft. Carmichaelia nana, odorata^ and fla- 



multiscapus. 

 rivularis. 



Caltha Novai Zelandi^. 4000 feet 



gelliformis. 

 Notospartium Carmichaelia. 

 Swainsonia Novse Zelandise. 



Drimys axillaris, southern variety. Sophora tetraptera, var. grandiflora 



Nasturtium palustre. 

 Cardamine depressa. 



Viola Cunninghamii. 

 Melicytus ramiflorus. 



Rubus australis (three varieties). 

 Geum urbanum and parviflorum. 

 Aca*na sanguisorba3. 

 Carpodetus serratus. 



Pittosporuin tenuifolium, fascicula- Weinmannia racemosa. 



tuni; and eugenioidcs. Drosera auriculata. 



Gypsophila tuhulosa. Gunuera monoica. 



Colobanthus subulatus and acieu- Leptospennuin scopariuni and eri- 



coides. 



Metrosideros scandens. 



lucida. Queen Charlotte's 



Sound. 



laris. 

 Spergularia rubra. 

 Hypericum gramineum. 

 Plagianthus Lyallii. This plant has 



the leaves sometimes not cordate. ' Myrtus pedunculata and bullata. 

 Iloheriapopulnea, var. augustifolia. Fuchsia excorticata. 

 Aristotelia racemosa and fruticosa. Epilobium pubeus, melanocaulon, 

 Elicocarpus dentatus. 

 Linum monogynum. 

 Geranium sessihflorum. 

 Erodium cicutarium. 

 Oxalis corniculata. 

 Disoxylura spectabile. 

 Peunantia corymbosa. 



Discaria touniatou. 

 Dodonea viscosa. 



Billardieri, glabellum. 

 Passiflora tetrandra. Sea-coast. 

 Mesembrvanthemum australe. 

 Tetragouia expansa. 

 llydrocotyle Novai Zelandise. 



Apium australe. 

 Eryngium vesiculosum. 

 Acipbylla squarrosa, Colensoi, a" 



Monroi. 



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