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Mount Ida; Mount St. Bathan's ; Mount Pisa; Hector 

 Mountains ; &c. Like the preceding, this is now becoming 

 rare, owing to fires and desiccation consequent on close 

 cropping of the grasses and other edible plants by sheep 

 and rabbits. 



Deacophyllum muscoides, Hook. f. — Common on the bare 

 mountain-tops of the C. and W. (4,000ft.-6,000ft.). Old 

 Man Eange ; Hector Mountains ; Mount Pisa ; &c. 



Dbacophyllum pkosteatum, T. Kirk.^ — Maungatua and Blue 

 Mountains (3,000ft.), and Chutou Valley (1,000ft.). 



Myesine urvillei, a. DC. — Common in forests of E. and S. ; 

 more rare in W. 



Myesine divaeicata, A. Cunn. — Not rare on well-drained 

 lowland slopes and flats of E. and S. Dunedin ; Catlin's ; 

 Invercargill ; Lake Te Anau. Ascends to 1,800ft. on 

 Mount Cargili. 



Myesine nummulaeia, Hook. f. — Mountain valleys of E. cen- 

 tral district ; rare. Mount Ida and Mount St. Bathan's 

 (3,000ft.-4,000ft.). 



Myesine chathamica, F. von M. — Southern corner of Stewart 

 Island. I have specimens from this locality gathered by 

 Mr. G. M. Thomson, F.L.S. 



Samolus littoealis, Br. — Common on tidal flats on the E. 

 and S. 



Paesonsia albifloea, Raoul. — Common in forests of the E. 

 and S. 



Paesonsia eosea, Raoul. — Not rare in the Upper Clutha Val- 

 ley : Clyde; Cromwell; &c. Much more rare towards the 

 E. : Dunedin. 



LoGANiA teteagona, Hook. f.— Not rare on bare mountain- 

 tops of C. and W. Old Man Range ; Mount Pisa ; Ben 

 Lomond ; Mount Bonpland (4,500ft.-6,000ft.). 



Gentiana MONTANA, Forst. — Not uncommon in open moist 

 lands throughout, except the N.E. Ranges from near sea- 

 level at Catlin's and Invercargill to 3,000ft. on the Blue 

 Mountains. 



Gentiana pleueogynoides, Griesb. — Abundant on the moun- 

 tains from 3,500ft.-5, 500ft., but descending to 1,100ft. 

 at Hawea Flat. 



Gentiana saxosa, Forst. — Rather local, but not rare in the 

 E. and S. Catlin's (100ft.); Bluff; Macrae's (1,800ft.); 

 Maungatua; and Maniototo Plain. 



Lipaeophyllum gunnii. Hook. f. — Muddy flats at Paterson's 

 Inlet, Stewart Island. 



