188 Transactions. 



26. Lobelia anceps L. f. 



North. Island : Ruahine-Cook Botanical District — On drained ground of 

 the Makurerua Swamp, but apparently not common. L. C. 



27. Lycopodium cernuum L. 



South Island : North-western Botanical District — Near Westhaven (West 

 Wanganui). B. C. Aston ! 



This discovery of Mr. Aston's is of considerable phytogeographical im- 

 portance, since it extends the southern range of L. cernuum from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Lake Taupo (Volcanic Plateau Botanical District) for a distance 

 of about eighty-four miles. It also adds another species to the following 

 remarkable list of plants which occur in the North-western Botanical Dis- 

 trict, but which otherwise are confined to the Northern Botanical Province 

 or extend only a short distance beyond its southern boundary : Astelia 

 Banksii, Adiantum aethiopicum, Blechnum Fraseri, DracopJiyllum latifolium, 

 Schoenus tendo, and Pterostylis puberula. 



28. Lygodium articulatum A. Rich. 



North Island : Volcanic Plateau Botanical District — In forest, Wai- 

 marino ; apparently rare. H. Carse. 



The Manual gives the Bay of Plenty and Kawhia as the southern limits 

 of this fern. The above record extends its southern range considerably. 



29. Metrosideros lucida (Forst. f.) A. Rich. 



South Island : Eastern Botanical District — In patches of forest in 

 gullies on hills near " The Point," Rakaia Gorge. A. Wall ! 



30. Myosotis Townsoni Cheesem. 



South Island : Western Botanical District — Browning's Pass. J. E. 

 Holloway ! 



This well - marked species has hitherto been recorded only from the 

 Brunner Range and Lyell Mountains, in the North-western Botanical Dis- 

 trict ; its known range is thus extended about sixty miles to the south. 



31. Notospartium torulosum T. Kirk. 



South Island : Eastern Botanical District — In the vicinity of the Rakaia 

 Gorge. A. Wall ! 



I have only a mere scrap, but it seems identical with Kirk's type. The 

 species has now been recorded from the above locality, from Mount Peel 

 (where it was recently rediscovered by Mr. R. M. Laing, B.Sc), the Waikari 

 Hills, the Hanmer Plains area, and the vicinity of the River Mason. 

 Mr. D. Petrie, M.A., suggested to me some time ago that the Clarence 

 Valley plant discovered by Mr. Aston was possibly neither the above nor 

 Notospartium Carmichaeliae ; and he may quite well be right, as its much- 

 swollen pod looks very distinct. 



32. Olearia Colensoi Hook. f. 



South Island : Western Botanical District — Mount Tuhua ; an im- 

 portant member of the subalpine scrub. J. E. Holloway ! 



