560 Transactions. — Botany. 



Beachycome pinnata, Hook. f. — Not macommon in the C 

 and N.E. Kurow ; Ngapara ; Kyeburn ; Naseby ; Cam- 

 brians ; &c. 



Brachycome thomsoni, T. Kirk. — Sea-cliffs near Green 

 Island ; north coast of Stewart Island. Apparently con- 

 fined to seaside stations. 



Abrotanella inconspicua, Hook. f. — Common on all high 

 momitains at 4, 000ft. -6, 000ft. ; most easterly station, 

 Rock and Pillar Eange. 



Abrotanella cespitosa, Petrie. — Clarke's Diggings, Monnt 

 Ida (3,000ft.). This species is abundant at 5,000ft. at the 

 sources of Broken Eiver, N. Canterbury. 



CoTULA CORONOPIFOLIA, L. — Abundant by lagoons near the sea 

 on the E. and S. 



CoTULA AusTRALis, Hook. f.— Neighbourhood of Oamaru. I 

 think this is, in Otago at least, an introduced plant. It 

 has spread greatly about Oamaru in recent years. 



CoTULA ATEATA, Hook. f. — Shingly slopes on Mount Kyeburn 

 and Mount St. Bathan's, at 4,000ft. 



CoTULA PECTiNATA, Hook. f.— Common on the mountains, 

 from 3,000ft. to 5,000ft. Descends to the Waitaki River 

 valley at Kurow, and to 1,500ft. at Maniototo Plain. 



CoTULA PERPUSiLLA, Hook. f. — Not uncommon in the drier 

 plains of the N.E. and C. Kurow; Duntroon ; Maniototo 

 Plain ; Cromwell ; &c. Ascends to 3,000ft. on Old Man 

 Range. 



CoTULA moicA, Hook. f. — Not rare near the coast on the E. and 

 S. ; much more rare inland. 



CoTULA SQUALiDA, Hook. f. — Rare in the E. ; more common in 



alluvial valleys of C, W., and S. Ahuriri ; St. Bathan's; 

 Lakes Wakatipu and Te Anau ; &c. 



CoTULA MANIOTOTO, Petrie. ^ Rare in the E.; much more 

 common in lagoons and wet spots of C. and S. Kakanui 

 Mouth ; Maniototo Plain ; Nevis Valley ; Mossburn ; Te 

 Anau ; &c. 



CoTULA GOYENi, Petrie. — Mount Pisa and Hector Mountains 

 (about 6,000ft.). 



CoTULA MiNUTA, Forst. — Not rare in wet spots in the Lake 

 District. Luggate ; Albertown ; Pembroke. 



Ceaspedia fimbeiata, DC. — Common throughout in open 

 stations. 



Ceaspedia alpina, Backhouse.- -Not rare on all high moun- 

 tains at 5,000ft. and upwards. Old Man Range ; Hector 



