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WaUeHbergia alhomarginala Hook. (= W. saxicola of Cheesemaii's Manual). 

 Mount Sinclair ; Castle Rock ; above 2,500 ft. : R. M. L. Akaroa 

 hilltops, common : A. W. A coastal form is said to exist under the cliffs 

 at Lyttelton Heads, but 1 have not seen it. 



Family Goodeniaceae. 



Selliera radicans Cav. [ J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



Salt marshes, Teddington and elsewhere. 



Family Candolleaceae. 

 Forstera tenella Hook. f. 



Abundant on the south and south-west faces at the head of Stony 

 Bay and adjacent heights, western face of Mount Herbert : A. W. This 

 species, found by Professor Wall, must be added to the list of the sub- 

 alpine inhabitants of the peninsula, together with several other plants 

 found by the same botanist : e.g., Epilobium tenuipes, E. macropus, 

 Oreomyrrhis andicola . 



Family Compositae. 



*Lagenophom pumila Oheeseman. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



Checkley's Bush ; Akaroa ; and probably elsewhere. 



Lagenoj)1iora petiolata Hook. f. [J. F. A.; J. B. A.; L. C] 



Common in the tussock-grasslands. 



*Lage)iophom pinnatifida Hook. f. var. hirsiitissima Cockayne. 



Ridge between Waikerikikeri and Le Bon's, plentiful ; a few plants 

 on the top of French Peak and on the Long Bay Ridge. 



I have to thank Mr. Cheeseman for the determination. The rays 

 are in more than one series ; but I have not seen any ripe achenes. The 

 plant agrees well with the description. 



Brachycome Sindairii Hook. f. [J. F. A.] 



One of the forms of this very variable plant is abundant in the district 

 It has been determined as B. Thoinsoni by Cockayne, f but all the speci- 

 mens I have examined have radical leaves only. The plants on the 

 Lyttelton Hills are usually small, and the leaves often but little lobulated, 

 though membranous rather than fleshy. It seems to me to be distinct 

 from B. Thomsoni as I have seen it in Stewart Island ; and it is quite 

 distinct from a subalpine form to be found in soutii Nelson with fleshy 

 shining green entire leaves and large flowers. 



Olearia arborescens Cockayne and Laing. [J. B. A.] 



Some flowerless specimens have been seen on Mount Herbert by 

 Professor Wall. It has also been recorded by J. F. A. from the Dry 

 Bush, where it does not now exist. 



*Olearia ilicifolia Hook. f. 



Purau line, and occasionally elsewhere on the outer fringes of the 

 bush above 2,000 ft. 



*Olearia cymbifolia Hook. f. 



In similar positions to the preceding, but even less common. 



Olearia avicenniaefolia Hook. f. [R. ; J. B. A.] 



Akaroa : Raoul. Coastal scrub. Pigeon Bay : R. M. L. At one 

 time it grew under the hill-crests behind Governor's Bay, but is perhaps 

 now extinct there. 



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