Aston. — Phanerogamic Flora of Ruahine Mountain-chain. 43 

 List of Indigenous Ruahine Mountain Plants. J 



[Note. — An asterisk (*) denotes that the plant has not been observed by the 

 author, but is inserted on the authority of Colenso (" An Account of Visits to and 

 Crossings over the Ruahine Mountain -range : Napier, 1884 "), or Cheeseman (" Manual 

 of the New Zealand Flora : 1906 "). See also D. Petrie, " Account of a Visit to Mount 

 Hector," with list of plants (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 40, 1908, p. 289) ; and Aston, 

 " Botanical Notes made on a Journey across the Tararuas " (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 42, 

 1910, p. 13), " List of Phanerogamic Plants indigenous in the Wellington Province " 

 (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 43, 1911, p. 225), "Some Effects of Imported Animals on the 

 Indigenous Vegetation" (Proc. N.Z. Inst., vol. 44, 1911, p. 19.) A dagger (f) denotes 

 that the plant has a higher range in altitude than that assigned to it by Cheeseman.] 



Clematis indivisa Willd. In lower forest, ascending to 1,900 ft. 

 ■ ■ hexasepala D.C. In lower forest, ascending to 2,100 ft.f 



Ranunculus insignis Hook. f. Chiefly in herb-field and tussock meadow. 

 4,000-5,000 ft. Occurs occasionally on river-banks, 2,000-3,000 ft.f 



— — geraniifolius Hook. f. 4,400-5,000 ft., in herb-field. 



— — hirtus Banks & Sol. All stations, ascending to 3,150 ft. 



Caltha novae-zealandiae Hook. f. In mountain bogs and wet places, 4,450- 

 5,000 ft. 



— i — obtusa* (?) Cheesem. : ' Probably from Ruahine Range." T. F. C. 



Drimys axillaris Forst. Ascending to 2,000 ft. 



— ■ — ■ colorata Raoul. Ascends to 3,800 ft.f 



Cardamine hirsuta Linn. All stations up to 4,500 ft. 



Viola filicaulis Hook. f. Ascending to 3,600 ft. 



— ■ — ■ Cunninghamii Hook. f. Ascending to 4,000 ft. 



Melicytus ramiflorus Forst. In lower forest, ascending to 2,550 ft. 



— ■ — ■ lanceolatus Hook. f. Whariti, at 2,000 ft. 



Pittosporum tenuifolium Banks & Sol. In lower forest, ascending to 2,700 ft. 



Colensoi Hook. f. In forest, ascending from 2,550 ft. to 3,500 ft.f 



— ■ — - rigidum Hook. f. Subalpine forest and scrub, 3,000^1,500 ft.f 



eugenioides A. Cunn. In lower forest, ascending to 2,000 ft.f 



Stellaria parviflora Banks & Sol. 2,000-4,000 ft. 



Colobanthus Billardieri Fenzl. 4.000-5,000 ft.f 



Claytonia australasica Hook. f. Shingle-slips at 4,500 ft. 



Hoheria populnea A. Cunn. var. lanceolata Hook. f. An abundant con- 

 stituent of the scrub at 3,650 ft. on slopes of Umutoi (easterly 

 aspect). Ascending from 1,400 ft.f 



— ■ — - var. angustifolia Hook. f. At 4,000 ft.f 



Aristotelia racemosa Hook. f. All stations, ascending to 4,200 ft.f 



Colensoi Hook, f . In higher forest, 2,550^,200 ft.f 



— fruticosa Hook. f. In scrub, 3,500-4,500 ft.f 



Elaeocarpus dentatus Vahl. In lower forest, ascending to 1,500 ft. 



Hookerianus Raoul. In higher forest, 2,000-3,000 ft. 



Geranium microphyllum Hook. f. Ascending to 4,500 t.f 



Oxalis magellanica Forst. Ascending to 4,500 ft., on river-banks and shingle- 

 slips. 



Melicope simplex A. Cunn. In lower forest. 



Pennantia corymbosa Forst. In lower forest, ascending to 2,000 ft. 



Alectryon excelsum Gaertn. On Whariti, in lowest forest. 



Coriaria ruscifolia Linn. On shingle-beds and river-banks to 3,500 ft. 



t Except where otherwise stated, "lower forest" means the forest occurring from 

 1,400ft. up to 2,000ft., and" higher forest" that between 2,000ft. and 4,000lt. 

 Lowest forest was only observed from 200 ft. to 1,500 ft. at Whariti, near Woodville. 



