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being rhomboid-ovate, upper half of the leaf serrate or sub- 
laciniate, much truncate, tridentate, and attenuated at the 
base, serratures, 11—13, acuminate or mucronate, petioles 
and whole upper surface of the leaf tomentose; while the 
leaves of that species, (discovered by me at Wangarei, and 
sent to you in July, 1841), are ovato cordate, serrate nearly ` 
to the base, truncate, subtridentate, serratures 15—21, and 
petioles slightly villous; leaves much larger and broader. 
21st. Rising early this morning I resumed my journey— 
and gaining the summit of the hill before me, I had an exten- 
sive view of the interior. Hill rose on hill, — Pelion on Ossa, 
in continuous succession far as the eye could reach. To the 
left was. Wakapunake, an immense table-topped hill, or 
rather mountain; while far away in the distance to the 
right, a peculiarly precipitous mountain cast its bold outline 
in fine relief into the sky: this, my native guide informed 
me, was Waikare, to which we were going. Time, how- 
ever, would not permit a lengthened gaze ; so, descend- 
ing the hill, we proceeded onwards. Here, among the short 
grass, a pretty little Ophioglossum (90) grew, which to me 
seemed to differ from those already noticed by Cunningham, 
and I first gathered also that very graceful fern, Lomaria 
lineuris, n. sp., W.C. (267), which grew rather abundantly in 
one spot in those grassy dells. On the dry and barren sum- 
mit of a high hill, I procured a peculiar little Composite (97); 
and shortly after discovered a specimen of Leptospermum 
(95) for examination; which I believe, from its foliage and 
general appearance, to be a new species. It here grows asa 
stunted shrub; sometimes, however, reaching 7—10 feet in 
height. In this neighbourhood I noticed a new and very 
distinct species of Coriaria (100), an elegant procumbent 
plant with undulated ovate-acuminate leaves. It seldom 
rises above two feet in height and is mostly found quite 
prostrate, and very abundant; disputing the possession of 
the soil with those very common occupiers, Pteris esculenta 
and Leptospermum scoparium. Among the fern it has a 
very peculiar appearance ; and, at first sight, might almost be 
