556 Transactions. — Botany. 



GoPiiosMA coLENsoi, Hook. f. — Port Pegasus, at 200ft.; 

 Whisky Gully, near Tapauui (B. C. Aston). 



CoPROSMA CUNEATA, Hook. f. — Not rare on the mountains 

 (from 2,000ft. to 4,500ft.). Mount Cargill ; Maungatua ; 

 Blue Mountains ; Mount Ida ; &c. 



CoPROSMA ACEROSA, X. Cunn. — Not rare in open scrub on the 

 E. and S. Ascends to 2,000ft. A much-branched pros- 

 trate form is common on sandhills of E. and S., and more 

 rare inland on clay banks. 



CoPROSMA LiNARiiFOLiA, Hook. f. — Not rare in bush through- 

 out ; most common in the E. and S. Flowers nmch later 

 than any of the other lowland species. 



CoPROSMA REPENs, Hook. f. — Not rare on the mountains. 

 Earely descends below 3,000ft. Maungatua ; Hector Moun- 

 tains ; Mount Tyndall ; Dunstan Mountains ; etc. 



CoPROSMA viREscENs, Petrie. — Eare and local, but widely 

 spread, chiefly on dry, fertile slopes. Otepopo ; Dunedin ; 

 Kurow ; Bendigo ; Kaitangata ; Bannockburn. xVscends to 

 1,500ft. 



CoPROSMA RUBRA, Petrie. — Eather rare on alluvial scrubby 

 flats near E. coast. Dunedin ; Catlin's district ; &c. 



CoPROSMA AREOLATA, CheesBman. — Not rare in bush. Dun- 

 edin ; Otepopo ; Hampden ; Catlin's ; Lake District. Has 

 no great range in altitude. 



CoPROSMA PETRiEi, Cheesemau. — Abundant in the plains and 

 drier valleys of the interior and N. ; comes to coast in 

 Waitaki Valley. Pukeuri ; Maniototo Plain ; Clutha 

 Valley from lakes to Moa Flat ; Five-Eivers Plain ; &c. 



CoPROSMA sERRULATA, Hook. f. — Not rare on the mountains of 

 C. and W. (from 2,500ft.-5,000ft.). Mount Ida; Mount 

 St. Bathan's ; Mount Cardrona ; Mount Tyndall ; Clinton 

 Saddle ; &c. 



CoPROSMA RiGiDA, Cheesemau. — Eare in bush near the E. 

 coast. Dunedin ; Saddle Hill. 



CoPROSMA RETUSA, Petrie. — Clinton Saddle, Te Anau. 



Nertera depressa. Banks and Sol. — Not rare in moist sta- 

 tions in E. and S. ; nmch less frequent in valleys of in- 

 terior. Usually below 1,800ft. Dunedin; Naseby ; Old 

 Man Eange ; Catlin's ; &c. 



Nertera dichondr^folia, Hook. f. — Not rare in forests 

 throughout. 



Nertera setulosa. Hook. f. — Common in open land and 

 scattered scrub throughout. A very robust form grows in 

 the valleys of the W. A distinctly proterogynous species. 



