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Art. X. — Plant-habitats Hitherto Unrecorded. 

 By B. C. Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. 



[Read before the Wellington. Philosophical Society, 22nd October, 1913.] 



In this paper I have endeavoured to embody discoveries which may be 

 either (1) a genuine extension of the known range of distribution of a juant 

 (and not merely a habitat confirmatory of those mentioned in standard 

 floras of New Zealand), or (2) a correction of a generalization which is found 

 to be incorrect, or (3) a confirmation of the occurrence of a rare species. 



Lepidium obtusatum T. Kirk. Seatoun ; on beach and rocks. 

 Melicytus micranthus Hook. f. Near Botorua ; Bishop's Bush, Horoeka, 

 Puketoi Range ; Whiskers Bush, Feilding. This shrub is a compara- 

 tively rare plant in Wellington Province. 

 Rymenanthera obovata T. Kirk. The Titahi Bay form (see Trans. N.Z. 



Inst., vol. 42, 1910, p. 46) occurs at Port Nicholson Heads. 

 Pittosporum rigidnm(!) Hook. f. Horoeka, in Puketoi Range. 

 Entelea arborescens R. Br. Paekakariki ; by margin of creek. 

 Aristotelia Colensoi Hook. f. Ruahine Mountains, 3,500 ft. 

 Pomaderris elliptica Lab. Common on the eastern lower slopes of Pirongia 

 Mountain, on fern and scrub country, at about 600 ft. elevation. It is 

 a conspicuous component of the formation in September, owing to the 

 beautiful yellow flowers. Mr. Cheeseman writes me that this is quite 

 a new locality to him, and the most southerly known on the west side 

 of the North Island. 

 Discaria Toumatou Raoul. Head of Palliser Bay. An uncommon plant in 



Wellington Province. 

 Carmichaelia nana Col. Kaimanawa Mountains, 3,000-4,000 ft., near Moa- 

 whango. 



subulata T. Kirk. Kaimanawa Mountains. 



Geum parviflorum Sm. Kaimanawa Mountains, 4,000-5,000 ft. 

 Metrosideros Colensoi Hook. f. Fairly common in south of Wellington Pro- 

 vince. 

 Epilobium insulare Haussk. Kaimanawa Mountains, 3,000-4,000 ft. 



pycnostachyum Haussk. Shingle-slips at 5,000 ft. on Te Atua Mahura, 



Ruahine Mountains. Hitherto recorded from the South Island only. 

 Tillaea diffusa T. Kirk. Breaker Bay, near Seatoun. 

 Hydrocotyle tripartita R. Br. var. hydrophila. Kaimanawa Mountains, 



3,000-4,000 ft. 

 Aciphylla intermedia Petrie. Table-top, Mount Dennan ; Quoin, 3,900 ft. ; 

 Mount Dundas, 3,950 ft. : all on Tararua Mountains. 



polita Cheesem. Mount Richmond, Marlborough. A. Morris Jones ! 



Angelica genicidata Hook. f. Wainuiomata mouth. 



— — rosaefolia Hook. Oarenga River cliffs, Kaimanawa Mountains ; 



Ruahine Mountains. 

 Coprosma ramulosa Petrie. Kaimanawa Mountains, 5,000 ft. 

 Olearia furfuracea Hook. f. Kaimanawa Mountains, 4,000 ft. 



virgata Hook. f. Waikaka, Hauraki Plains (the most northerly 



station yet recorded) ; Kaimanawa Mountains. 



