2 Transactions. 



Ranunculus Godleyanus Hook. f. 



Fitzgerald's Pass, Mount Cook district ; P. Graham ! Specimens rather 

 smaller than some gathered in a very similar situation on Whitcornbe's 

 Pass by Sir Julius von Haast and Mr. J. D. Enys, but not otherwise different. 



III. Cruciferae. 

 Lepidium tenuicaule T. Kirk. 



I am indebted to Mr. B. C. Aston for specimens of this collected on 

 Kapiti Island. It is not mentioned in Dr. Cockayne's list of the plants 

 of the island. 



IV. Violaceae. 



Hymenanthera novae-zealandiae Hemsl. 



Mayor Island and Karewa Island, Bay of Plenty ; Dr. Thilenius ! 

 These localities, which are the most southern known, were accidentally 

 omitted in the Manual. 



V. Pittosporaceae. 



Pittosporum virgatum T. . Kirk. 



Taumata-mahoe Range, to the east of Ahipara, Mongonui County ; 

 H. Carse and H. B. Matthews ! 



VIII. Elatinaceae. 

 Elatine americana Arn. var. australiensis Benth. 



Muddy places near Lake Tongonge, Kaitaia ; H. B. Matthews ! . 



XL Tiliaceae. 



Arist™elia racemosa Hook. f. 



Mr. F. R. Field sends me leaves of this, obtained near the Hawai River, 

 Opotiki, which are quite 10 in. long, including the petiole. 



Aristotelia fruticosa Hook. f. 



Kaikuri, near the Waitomo Caves ; E. Phillips Turner ! The most 

 northerly station yet noted on the west coast of the North Island, but on 

 the east coast it advances as far north as the Cape Colville Peninsula. 



XIII. Geraniaceae. 



A complete revision of this family has been prepared by the well-known 

 botanist R. Knuth for the " Pflanzenreich," of which it forms Heft 53. 

 The nomenclature adopted for the New Zealand species is as under : — 



1. Geranium dissectum Linn. var. glabratum Hook. f. Knuth does 

 not actually quote any New Zealand localities for this, but as he accepts 

 the variety as defined by Hooker I take it that the New Zealand plant is 

 included. 



2. Geranium molle Linn. 



3. Geranium sessiliflorum Cav. var. glabrum Knuth. This variety 

 includes the New Zealand and Tasmanian forms, the distinguishing cha- 

 racters being given as " Pedunculi petiolique retro-adpressi pilosi. Folia 

 glabrescentia." The type of the species, which is confined to South America, 

 has the foliage densely clothed with adpressed hairs. 



