32 Transactions. — Botany. 



Fig. 51a. p. nnviczila, Br^bisson. 

 Fig. 52. P. incrassatiivi, n. sp. (?). 

 Fig. 53. Docidium nodosum, Bailey. 



Plate VI. 



Fig. 54. Docidium ovatiun, Nordstedt, var. tumidum, n. var. 



Fig. 55. Closteriuvi diana, Ehrenberg, var. arcuatuin, Brebis- 



son : the frond X 200 ; end and middle x 700. 



Fig. 56. C. venns, Kiitzing . . . . . . . . . . X 300 



Fig. 57. C. cynthia, de Notaris, forma. 



Fig. 58. C. decorum, Brebisson, /orH/a gracilior. 



Fig. 59. C. fvalongxim, Brebisson. 



Fig. GO. C. lineatum, Ehrenberg, var. sandvicensc, Nordstedt . . X 200 



Fig. Gl. Clostcriic7)i (?) 01- Ea]jhiditi)n (?) .. .. . . x 200 



Art. II. — On the Botany of Te Moehau Mountain, Cape 



Colville. 



By James Adams, B.A. 

 [Read before the Auckland Institute, 22nd August, 1S88.] 



Cape Colville Peninsula terminates at its northern end in 

 the high range called Te Moehau. This range may be said to 

 commence on the saddle between Cabbage Bay on the west 

 and Matamataharakeke on the east, from whence, rising gra- 

 dnally, it extends to the saddle between Waiaro Valley and 

 Port Charles. Then it rises with a steep incline into the 

 mountain Te Moehau, which has an altitude of 2,750ft. 



All the approaches to this mountain are very steep, but 

 especially at the northern end, where the spurs rise abruptly 

 from the sea. The appearance of this end is the more for- 

 bidding from the high and rugged rocks that stand in the sea 

 at a little distance from the shore. There is a weird look 

 about the mountain, from whatever point it is seen, which is 

 greatly owing to two bare peaks that tower up to form the 

 summit. The Maoris, who are rather numerous on the coast 

 at Otautu, Waiaro, and Port Charles, have a great dread of 

 the upper parts of the mountain. They say that long ago 

 their numbers were much gi'eater than at present, and that 

 every port from Cabbage Bay on the west to Matamatahara- 

 keke on the east was thickly peopled by the powerful and 

 warlike tribe of Ngatirongo. In those good old times the 

 interior was occupied, they say, by Tureliu or Patupaiarehe, a 

 race short in stature and of fair skin. The Turehu only 

 ventured to the sea-shore at night, when large parties could 

 be seen busily engaged in fishing. As soon as the Maoris 

 attempted to approach, the Turehu fled to the hills, leaving 

 the refuse of the fish and the scales. These Turehu could 

 often be heard — voices of men, and women, and children were 



