542 Transactions. — Botany. 



Eanunculus gracilipes, Hook. f. — ^Mount Ida and Dunstan 

 Ranges (3,000ft.-4, 500ft.). 



Eanunculus pachyrhizus, Hook, f.- — Old Man Eange ; Hector 

 Mountains ; Mount Pisa ; Mount Cardrona ; &c. (above 

 5,000ft0. 



Eanunculus ternatifolius, T. Kirk. — Swampy Hill ; Port 

 Molyneux ; Catlin's district. Seems confined to E. low- 

 lands. 



Ranunculus depressus, T. Kirk.— Shores of Lake Te Anau. 



Eanunculus depressus, var. — Mount Cardrona (4,500ft.). 

 This may prove a distinct species. The fruit is still un- 

 known. 



Ranunculus tenuicaulis, Cheeseman. — Swampy Hill ; Lee 

 Stream, sources of ; Mount Kyeburn ; Clintou Saddle, Te 

 Anau (l,000ft.-3,000ft.). 



Ranunculus berggreni, Petrie. — Carrick Range (4,000ft.). 

 Fruit still unknown. 



Ranunculus chordorhizos. Hook, f.— Mount Kyeburn and 

 Mount St. Bathan's (4,000ft.). In fine shingle debris. 



Eanunculus areolatus, Petrie. — Mountains at head of Lake 

 Wakatipu. Collected by Mr. A. C. Purdie. 



Eanunculus nov^-zealandi^, Petrie. — Eock and Pillar and 

 Old Man Eanges (above 4,000ft.). In rough shingly sta- 

 tions. Fruit still unknown. 



Eanunculus kirkii, Petrie. — Head of Paterson's Inlet. This 

 is reported from Kew as a very distinct species, unlike any 

 known from the Southern Hemisphere. 



Eanunculus limosella, F. von Mueller. — Maniototo Plain ; 

 Eoxburgh. In shallow lagoons. 



Caltha novje-zealandi^. Hook. f. — Old Man Eange ; Dun- 

 stan Mountains ; and all mountains more to W. (above 

 4,000ft.). 



Drimys colorata, Eaoul. — Common in bush throughout. 



Nasturtium palustre, DC. — Wet grounds and shallow 

 water-pools throughout, up to 2,000ft. 



Sisymbrium NoviE-zEALANDi^, Hook. f. — Dry stations in 

 mountains of E. and C, up to 2,500ft. 



Sisymbrium NOViE-ZEALANDi^, var.^ — A very small, slender 

 form. Dry stations, Waitaki district ; Kurow ; Duntroon; 

 Otepopo E. 



Cardamine hirsuta, L. — Abundant ; has a great range in 

 altitude. 



