550 Transactions. — Botany. 



Metrosideros hypericifolia, a. Cunn. — Common in fox-ests 

 ofB.,S., and W. 



Myrtus obcordata, Hook. f. — Not. rare in forests of E. and 

 S. ; sparingly found in the Lake District. 



Myrtus pedunculata, Hook. f. — Not rare in forests of E. and 

 S. Ascends to 2,500ft. 



Fuchsia excorticata, L. f. — Common in forests of E. and S. 

 This tree grows up very readily in neglected bush-clear- 

 ings, where /l77'stote//a raccviosa, Hook, f., generally accom- 

 panies it. 



Fuchsia colensoi, Hook. f. — Not rare on edges of bush 

 and in open valleys inland. Dunedin ; Lawrence; Horse 

 Eange ; Cambrians ; &c. 



Epilobium chionanthum, Hausskn. — Not rare in lowland 

 boggy stations. Dunedin ; Port Molyneux ; Catlin's ; Moa 

 Flat ; Te Anau ; &c. 



Epilobium junceum, Solander. — Common in dry stations^ 

 throughout the district. 



Epilobium pallidiflorum, Solander.— Common in lowland 

 bogs. Dunedin ; Taieri Plain ; Kaitangata ; Catlin's ; 

 Kelso ; Lumsden ; &c. 



Epilobium billardierianum, Seringe { — E. tetragonum of the 

 Handbook).- — Common in moist lowlands of E. and S. 

 Kakanui ; Waikouaiti ; Otago Heads ; Dunedin ; Catlin's ; 

 &c. 



Epilobium pubens, Lesson and Eichard. — Common in dry 

 stations throughout, both in bush and in open stations. 



Epilobium confertifolium, Hooker. — Not uncommon on 

 the mountains of C. and W. : Old Man Eange (4,000ft.) ; 

 Hector Mountains ; &c. Also in mountain valleys, at 

 1,200ft. and upwards : Arrowtown ; valleys of Mount 

 Ida ; and valleys of Lake District. 



Epilobium hectori, Hausskn. — Apparently not rare in moun- 

 tain valleys of the C. and W. Mount St. Bathan's; Old 

 Man Eange. I do not feel quite certain of my identifica- 

 tion of this species. 



Epilobium alsinoides, A. Cunn. — Common in lowlands 

 and the lower mountain-slopes throughout. Dunedin ; 

 Naseby ; Tapanui ; head of Lake Wakatipu; &c. 



Epilobium rotundifolium, Forster. — Common in wet stations 

 in bush, and in moist valleys of interior. Dunedin ; Cat- 

 lin's ; Cromwell ; Arrowtown ; Eoxburgh ; &c. 



