IN NEW ZEALAND. | 2] 
taken for a gigantic foliaceous Lichen overspreading the sur- 
face of the ground. I have named this species C. Kingiana, 
(in honour of my much respected friend, Capt. P. P. King, 
R.N.), and was fortunate in procuring fine specimens in 
flower and fruit. At Hopekoko, a small stream (where we 
rested awhile to dine on roasted potatoes) the bed of which 
atthe ford was one flat block of sandstone, I procured a 
specimen of a pretty little Restiaceous plant (264), and also 
ofa Hydrocotyle (162). Having feasted with hearty zest on 
our roast, we proceeded on our journey. "We soon arrived 
at a small cataract, down which the water fell perpendicularly 
about twenty feet into a deep and dark basin. The only ford 
at this place was on the very slippery edge of the fall, (com- 
posed of a single mass of rock), over which I was obliged to 
be carried, for I dared not trust my own footing on that 
perilous and uncertain path, which forcibly reminded me of 
the bridge to the Mahometan Elysium. As it was, I very 
nearly fell, through nervous excitement, into the gloomy 
depth below. At a short distance beyond this stream, and 
on its banks, I found another small Lomaria (268) [.L. deflexa, 
n. sp., W.C.], and, in the same locality, a graceful species of 
Composita (98), the leaves of which I had before observed. 
In a deep swamp through which we had to pass, I found a 
large-leaved Epilobium (102), and on a little hillock in the 
midst of the swamp, a small Composita (142), which may 
prove but a finer variety of 97 already noticed. Pass- 
ing onwards I obtained a species of Galium (101) and a 
Hydrocotyle (92), which appeared to be new. I also noticed 
the leaf of an orchideous plant (111) differing from any 
I had hitherto seen ; it was, however, past flowering, so 
I was obliged to be content with a leaf or two as a memento 
of such a plant. About six P.M., we arrived at the banks of 
the river Wangaroa, (one of the principal branches of the 
river Wairoa which disembogues into Hawke's Bay). HereI 
obtained two canoes from the natives, and paddled down the 
river about two and a half miles to Te Reinga, the principal 
village of the district. This river winds round the enormous 
