4 Transactions. 



XXXVII. Compositae. 

 Olearia nitida Hook. f. var. angustifolia Cheesem. 



Not uncommon in the vicinity of the Ngakawau River, to the north of 

 Westport ; P. G. Morgan ! I have also received from Mr. Morgan a form 

 almost intermediate between var. angustifolia and the type, collected at 

 Seddouville, near the Mokihinui River. 



Olearia virgata Hook. f. 



Attains a height of 25 ft. in the Marikopa Valley, south of Kawhia ; 

 E. Phillips Turner ! This is the most northerly locality yet recorded on 

 the west coast of the North Island, but on the eastern side it advances as 

 far as the Ohinemuri Gorge. 



Olearia Solandri Hook. f. 



Motuara Island, Queen Charlotte Sound ; ./. H. Macmahon ! 



Celmisia rupestris Cheesem. 



Mount Aorere, north-west Nelson ; F. R. Gibbs ! A slight northwards 

 extension of the range of this local species, which I discovered on Mount 

 Peel, Nelson, in 1881. 



Gnaphalium subrigidum Col. 



Tinui, inland from Castle Point ; J. S. Tennant ! Cape Turnagain 

 and the Puketoi Range ; B. C. Aston ! Makuri Gorge, west of Puketoi ; 

 E. Phillips Turner ! I do not know of any previously published records for 

 the eastern side of the Wellington Provincial District, but probably it will 

 be found to be not uncommon in open rocky places. 



Senecio glaucophyllus Cheesem. 



I have to thank Mr. F. R. Gibbs for a fresh supply of specimens of this 

 interesting species, obtained in the locality where it was originally discovered 

 by myself in 1886, among limestone rocks in a ravine on the northern face 

 of Mount Arthur, Nelson. It has not yet been seen elsewhere. 



XLIII. Epacridaceae. 



Archeria racemosa Hook. f. 



Plentiful on Whanakao Mountain, near Hikurangi, East Cape district ; 

 also at the head of the Keru Stream, which enters the sea near Te Kaha, 

 descending as low as 250 ft. above sea-level ; Mr. Sherwood. 



XLV. Myrsinaceae. 



Myrsine chathamica F. Muell. 



On one of the " mutton-bird " islands between Stewart Island and the 

 Bluff ; H. Guthrie- Smith ! Dr. Cockayne quotes only the two localities of 

 Wilson Bay and Old Neck, so far as Stewart Island is concerned. 



Myrsine nummularia Hook. f. 



Summit of Mount Hikurangi, East Cape district ; altitude, 5,000 ft. ; 

 G. W. Williams ! The most northern locality yet observed. 



