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4. Geranium pilosum Forst. f. Includes Hooker's two varieties pilosum 

 and patulum of G. dissectum. For the last-mentioned Knuth proposes the 

 new name of " grandiflonnn." 



5. Geranium microphyllum Hook. f. 



6. Geranium Traversii Hook. f. 



7. Pelargonium inodorum Willd. This, which answers to the P. australe 

 var. clandestinum of Hooker and other authors, is considered by Knuth 

 to be sufficiently distinct to be retained as a separate species. He also 

 quotes the typical P. australe as a New Zealand plant ; but as he gives the 

 locality as " Port Phillip," and the collector's name as Luehmann, it is 

 tolerably clear that a mistake has been made. 



Knuth also gives New Zealand for one of the habitats of the Australian 

 Erodium cygnorum ; but, so far as I am aware, it has never been seen in 

 New Zealand, either as an indigenous or naturalized plant. 



XVIII. Rhamnaceae. 

 Pomaderris elliptica Lab. 



Northern slope of Pirongia Mountain, Waipa Valley ; B. C. Aston / 

 The most southern locality yet recorded on the western side of the North 

 Island. 



XXIII. Rosaceae. 



Rubus cissoides A. Cunn. var. pauperatus T. Kirk. 



Not uncommon on raised beaches at Cape Turakirae, near the entrance 

 to Wellington Harbour ; B. C. Aston and T. F. C. 



XXVI. Droseraceae. 

 Drosera pygmaea D.C. 



Waimarino Plains, western base of Ruapehu ; altitude, 2,500 ft. ; 

 E. Phillips Turner ! Not previously recorded in New Zealand from any 

 locality between the extreme north of the North Island and the extreme 

 south of the South Island ; but it is probably not uncommon in moist 

 peaty situations, and is overlooked on account of its small size. 



XXVIII. Myrtaceae. 



Metrosideros Parkinsoni Buch. 



State Coal Reserve (Liverpool Mine), near Greymouth ; P. G. Morgan ! 

 This is a marked extension of the southern range of this fine plant. 



XXXI. CUCURBITACEAE. 



Sicyos angulatus Linn. 



This is fast becoming scarce on the mainland, although still plentiful 

 on many of the outlying islands. Of new records, I may mention Goat 

 Rock, off Tiritiri Island {A. Hansen !) ; and the D'Urville Islands, off the 

 eastern entrance to Auckland Harbour (T.F.C.). 



XXXIII. Umbelliferae. 

 Angelica geniculata Hook. f. 



On rocks at Little Akaroa, Banks Peninsula ; Rev. F. R. Spencer ! 



