Sod TransctctiuKx. — Botany. 



LiGUSTicuM AKOMATicuM, Baiiks and Sol. — Common in the 

 E., C, and W. on the hills up to 4,500ft. Flagstaff Hill; 

 Macrae's ; Naseby ; &c. A most variable plant, which 

 may include more than one specific form. Like L. brevi- 

 style, it IS strictly dioecious. 



LiGUSTicuM iMBRiCATUM, Hook. f. — Mountains of C. and W., 

 at 4,500ft. and upwards. Old Man Eange ; Dunstan 

 Mountains; Mount Pisa ; Hector Mountains ; &c. 



LIGUSTICUM ENYSii, T. Kirk. — Near Naseby (1,800ft.). 



Angelica gingidium, Hook. f. — Common on moist banks and 

 slopes. Now getting rather rare, as it is greedily eaten by 

 stock. 



Angelica decipiens. Hook. f. — Probably not rare on the 

 mountains of the W. Near Arrowtown ; Mount Cardrona 

 (5,000ft.); Mount Arnould; &c. 



Angelica geniculata, Hook. f. — Not rare near E. coast on 

 edge of bush. Dunedin, &c. I do not remember having 

 observed this in the S. or the interior. 



Actinotus no v^ - ZEALAND:^, Petrie. — Blue Mountains 

 (3,000ft.) and Stewart Island. 



Daucus beachiatus, Sieber.— Not rare in E, and N.E. ; more 

 common in dry stations in the interior. 



Aralia lyallii, T. Kirk. — Paterson's Inlet. 



Panax simplex, Forst. — Not unconnnon in forests of E., S., 

 and W. 



Panax edgekleyi. Hook. f. — Rather rare in forests of the E. 

 and S. 



Panax anomalum. Hook. f. — Rare and local in E. and S. ; more 

 plentiful in the W. Waitati ; Green Island; Lakes Te 

 Anau and Wakatipu ; &c. 



Panax lineare, Hook. f. — Clinton Valley (Te Anaa). 



Panax crassipolium, Dene, and Planch. — Common in forests 

 of E., S., and W. 



Panax ferox, T. Kirk. — Rare and local. Dunedin ; Otepopo; 

 Lake Wakatipu. Only in fertile, well-drained stations. 



Panax colensoi, Hook. f. — Common in forests of E. and S., 

 and on the higher slopes of the western valleys ; rare in 

 the centre. Ascends to 4,000ft. 



Panax arboreum, Forst. — Rather rare. Dunedin. 



ScHEFFLERA DiGiTATA, Forst. — Not rare in bottoms of valleys 

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



