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me that it is usually found on the upper portions of the stem and branches 

 of the kahikatea (Podoearpus dacrydioides), growing mixed with mosses and 

 Hepaticae, and that it is a rare circumstance to find specimens anywhere 

 near the ground. This may account for the small number of localities 

 recorded up to the present time. 



Bulbophyllum pygmaeum Lindl. 



Mr. H. B. Matthews also states that in Mongonui County B. pygmaeum 

 is found more plentifully on Knightia excelsa than on any other tree. I 

 have also noticed its comparative abundance on Knightia in other districts. 



Prasophyllum rufum R. Br. 



Tutira, Hawke's Bay ; H. Guthrie- Smith ! Waimarino Plains, western 

 side of Ruapehu ; E. Phillips Turner ! 



Corysanthes Cheesemanii Hook. f. 



Mr. H. B. Matthews sends a two-flowered specimen, collected in the 

 vicinity of Kaitaia. 



LXXXII. Liliaceae. 



Herpolirion novae-zealandiae Hook. f. 



At Kaikuri, about ten miles to the west of the Waitomo Caves, at an 

 altitude of about 1,000ft. ; E. Phillips Turner! This is the first record 

 to the north of Lake Taupo and the central volcanic plateau. 



XCI. Cyperaceae. 



Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schultes. 



Near Cape Maria van Diemen, and on the slopes above Tapotopoto 

 Bay, North Cape Peninsula ; H. Carse ! Not previously known from the 

 north of Mongonui Harbour. 



Cladium Huttoni T. Kirk. 



Tauroa, near Ahipara, and also at Puheke, near Lake Ohia, both locali- 

 ties in Mongonui County ; H. Carse ! 



Oreobolus pumilio R. Br. var. pectinatus C B. Clarke. 



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

 Gerard Williams ! 



Uncinia rubra Boott. 



Kaikuri, near the Waitomo Caves; altitude, 1,000ft.; E. Phillips 

 Turner ! Considerably to the north of the Taupo Plains, which was believed 

 to be its northern limit. 



XCII. Gramineae. 

 Paspalum Digitaria Poir. 



Of late years this has increased enormously in the Lower Waikato, and 

 in many places fringes the river and its tributaries for miles together. In 

 dry seasons, when it can be easily reached by cattle, it is of considerable 

 service, and is looked upon by the settlers as a valuable grass. 



