564 Transactions. — Botany. 



Ekechtites diversifolia, Petrie. — Rather rare, but widely- 

 spread in open grassy lands. Outram ; Naseby; Mount 

 Iron (Lake Wanaka) ; Arrowtown. 



Senecio bellidioides, Hook. f. — Common on the lower hills- 

 of the E. and S. Ascends to 4,500ft. on mountains of C. 

 and W. 



Senecio haastii, Hook. f. — Not rare on the lower plains and 

 hills of the interior. Maniototo Plain ; Mauuherikia 

 Plain ; Lake District. Ascends to 3,000ft. 



Senecio lautus, Forst. — Common on the E. and S. coasts ; 

 more rare on plains and lower mountains of the interior. 

 Mount Ida; Mount Pisa ; Old Man Range; &c. Ascends 

 to 3,000ft. 



Senecio lyallii, Hook. f. — Not rare in mountain valleys of 

 C. and W. Ascends to 4,500ft., but descends to sea-level 

 at the south of Stewart Island. Hector Mountains ; 

 Mount Ida ; Mount Pisa ; Clinton Valley ; &c. 



Senecio sciadophilus, Raoul. — Not rare in bush near B. 

 coast. Goodw^ood ; Otago Hea,ds and Peninsula ; Dun- 

 edin ; Saddle Hill. 



Senecio el^eagnifolius, Hook. f. — Rare and local in bush, 

 but of wide range. INIount Cargill ; Blue Mountains 

 (2,500ft.) ; lowlands of Stewart Island. 



Senecio rotundifolius. Hook. f. — North and east coasts of 

 Stewart Island, and south-west coast of Otago. Abundant 

 close to the beach. 



Senecio cassinioides, Hook. f. — Rare in mountain valleys of 

 N. and N.W. West slopes of Kurow Mountains; moun- 

 tains east of Mount Aspiring. Ascends to 4,000ft. 



Senecio robusta, J. Buchanan. — Not rare on the mountains 

 of the far W. at 4,000fc. and upwards. Ben Lomond ; 

 Mount Bonpland. 



Senecio muelleri, T. Kirk.— Islets north-east of Stewart 

 Island. Not known from the main islands. 



Mickoseris forsteri, Hook. f. — Not rare on open lands. 

 Dunedni ; Macrae's; Maniototo Plain ; Tapauui ; &c. 



Ceepis nov^-zealandi^, Hook. f. — Not rare on clay banks 

 and cuttings in C. and W. Shag Valley ; Maniototo Plain ; 

 Cromwell ; &c. 



Taraxacum dens-leonis, Desf. — Rather rare in the E. and S.; 

 much more common in the C. and W. 



SoNCHUS OLERACEUS, L. — Not rare on cliffs by the seaside. 

 The introduced form abounds in ill- cultivated lauds. 



