Petkie. — On the Floiveriiig Platits of Otago. 557 



Galium tenuicatjle, A. Cunn. — Eathev rare in biish on the 

 E. Waitati ; Purakanui ; Flagstaff Hill ; Catlin's; &c. 



Galium umbeosum, Forst.^Eather common in open stations 

 and scattered scrub, throughout. Dunedin ; Mount Ida ; 

 Speargrass Flat ; &c. Ascends to 2,500ft. 



Asperula pekpusilla. Hook. f. — Common in moist open 

 stations. Dunedin ; Catlin's ; Maniototo Plain ; Sec. 



Oleaeia opeeina, Hook. f. — Sounds of W. coast, at and near 

 sea-level. 



Oleaeia angustifolia. Hook, f. — The Neck, Stewart Island ; 

 Bluff Peninsula. 



Oleaeia colensoi. Hook, f . — Paterson's Inlet ; Clinton 

 Saddle, Te Anau. 



Oleaeia nitida, Hook. f. — Not rare in scrub on the E. and 

 S. and along the Clutha Valley. Ascends to 1,200ft. 



Oleaeia maceodonta. Hook. f. — Dunedin. 



Oleaeia ilicifolia, Hook, f.— Not rare in lowland bush and 

 scrub of E. and S. Frequent in the valleys of the far W. 



Oleaeia moschata, Hook. f. — Humboldt Mountains ; Mount 

 Tyndall ; Chnton Saddle (3,000ft.-4,000ft.). 



Oleaeia cymbifolia. Hook. f. — Not rare in valleys of C. and 

 W. Mount Ida ; Hector Mountains ; Matukituki district; 

 &c. (from 2,300ft. up to 4,000ft.). 



Oleaeia avicenni^folia. Hook. f. — Common in bush and 

 scrub in the E. and S. ; more rare in valley-bottoms of 

 C. and W. Dunedin; Catlin's; Bluff; Orepuki; Tuapeka 

 Mouth ; Eoxburgh ; Lake Wanaka ; &c. 



Oleaeia viegata, Hook. f. — Not rare on moist declivities of 

 E. and S. ; most abundant in valleys and lower mountain 

 slopes of C. and W. Dunedin ; Catlin's ; Eoxburgh ; &c. 



Oleaeia feageantissima, Petrie. — Eare and local. Dunedin 

 (Vauxhall) ; Otago Heads ; Catlin's. 



Oleaeia odoeata, Petrie. — Common oir alluvial flats and 

 lower slopes of interior. Sowburn ; Manuherikia Valley ; 

 throughout Clutha Valley north of Moa Flat ; Matukituki 

 Valley ; &c. 



Oleaeia hectgei. Hook. f. — Local, but usually plentiful where 

 it grows. Kaitangata ; Catlin's ; Iiivercargill ; Kawarau 

 Gorge ; Matukituki Valley (here a small tree, elsewhere a 

 stout shrub). 



Celmisia holosericea. Hook. f. — Mountains west of Te 

 Anau (3,000ft. and upwards). 



