36 Transactions. — Botany. 



salicina, M. urvillel, Olea cunniitgluimi, Veronica salicifolia, 

 V. macrocarpa, Vitex littoralis, Hedycari/a dentata, La^irelia 

 novcz-zclandice , BulscJimeidia taioa, Litscea calicaris, Pimelea 

 virgata, P. prostrata, Dacrydiuni cuprcssiniim, Agathis 

 australis. 



The size an<l beauty of the puriri (Vitex littoralis), kohe- 

 kohe {Dysoxylu))i spcctabile), nikau (Areca .^iapjida), and ponga 

 (CyatJica. medullaris) are worthy of notice. I found the tawa 

 was by no means plentiful, and I looked in vain for tawhero 

 {Weiiimannia). 



On the highest peak, Te Matau a Maui. 1,018ft., there was 

 a fine specimen of Veronica puheHCcna fully 7ft. high and 

 symmetrically grown. Other plants, as Panax arhoreiim, 

 BhabdotJiavDins solandri, Astelia trinervia, were also very 

 large. The grasses Microlana avenacea, M. polynoda, Poa 

 ancens, and the sedges Uncinia australis and Carex dissita 

 formed quite a sward. On the top there is a castellated mass 

 of porphyry trachyte, and over it Adiantnin hispiidulum grows 

 in the same profusion as the Peperomia. over the limestone 

 slabs. 



From the top there is a fine view of the inlets and islets 

 along tlie west coast, but on the east the view is into 

 Cabbage Bay. The streams from the hill-side into this bay 

 end abruptly in a large swamp called the Pakorero. As this 

 swamp appeared to offer a favourable locality for plants other 

 than those I had seen, I spent a da}' in exploring it. The 

 plants in it are few in the number of species and very com- 

 mon. Eaupo (Typha angustifolia) forms a large part of it; 

 then Cladiuni glo^aeratuvi, Junciis planifulius, Cyperus ustu- 

 latus, Sparganimn simplex, Hydrocotyle asiatica, Haloragis 

 micrantha, Drosera hinata, Eleocharis acuta, and Lobelia 

 anceps are the ordinary plants. There is an abundant growth 

 of Isaclnie australis and Deyeuxia billardieri. In dry places 

 in the swamp I observed Pittosp)orani tcnuifoUum, Aristotelia 

 racenwsa, Ccriaria ruscifolia, Bubu.'i australis, Myrtus bullata, 

 and Cop,rosvia spathulata. 



Native grasses are plentiful about Torehina, and this will 

 account for the number of wild cattle of which the owner- 

 ship is very doubtful. The grasses I have catalogued are 

 Microlana avenacea, M. p)olynoda, Paspalum scrobic^datum, P. 

 disticlmm, Isachne australis, Zoysia pzingens, Diclielachne 

 crinita, D. sciurea, Dcyciixia forsteri, D. billardieri, Arundo 

 conspicua, Danthonia semiannularis, Trisctuvi antarcticum, Poa 

 anceps, Bromus arenarius, Triticitm imdtifloruvi. 



During the time I was making a catalogue of the lower 

 ground I often looked with anxiety to the distant peak of 

 Moehau, that sometimes appeared in bright sunshine, and at 

 other times under a dense cloud. The distance I had calcu- 



