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Family Cornaceae. 



Corokia Cotoneaster Eaoul. [R. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Abundant in rocky places near the hilltops, and more rarely on the 

 coast, as at Island Bay. (Akaroa is tlie type-locality.) 



Griselinia littoralis Raoul. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A. : L. C] 



Abundant everywhere in the forest. (Akaroa is the type-locality.) 



^Griselinia lucida Forst. f. 



Waikerikikeri (rare) ; Little River (perhaps extinct) ; Stony Bay ; 

 sometimes on black or white pines. Probably its southernmost limit. 



Family Ericaceae. 



Gaultkeria antipoda. Forst f. [J. B. A.] 



Banks Peninsula, 2,000 ft. and upwards ; usually prostrate and 

 creeping, and small-leaved. Identified (probably wrongly) with var. 

 depressa {Trans., vol. 46, p. 59). Lyttelton Hills (the erect form), on 

 peak between Cass Peak and Cooper's Knobs ; and at a low level in 

 Wainui; in manuka scrub. 



J. B. A. gives also {^)G. rupesfris, which I have not seen. 



Family Epacridaceae. 



*Pe)itachondra pumila R. Br. 



Near the top of Brasenose (perhaps extinct) : R. M. L. Stony Bay 

 Peak : A. Wall. 



Ct/athodes acerosa Sol. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Not uncommon amongst rocks. 



Leucopogon Fmseri F. Muell. [R. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



1,500ft. and upward, not common; but coming down to sea-level 

 at Redcliffs. 



Leucopogon fasciculatum A. Rich. (?). [J. B. A.] 

 Rapaki ; Kaituna ; Akaroa ; and elsewhere. 



Dracophyllum acicularifolium Cockayne. [J. B. A.] 



Abundant on rocky ledges, 1,600 ft. and upwards ; Cooper's Knobs, 

 and peak to eastward. 



Family Myrsinaceae. 



Myrsine UrviUei A. DC. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Everywhere common in the forest. 



Myrsine divaricata A. Cunn. [J. B. A.] 



Kennedy's Bush (one or two specimens) ; Le Bon's ; Mount Fitz- 

 gerald ; Kaituna ; &c. ; usually 1,200 ft. and upward. 



J. B. A. gives also {-)M. nummiilaria ; but I doubt its occurrence. 



Family Primulaceae. 



Samolus repens Pers. var. jjrocumbens R. Knuth. [J. F. A.] 

 Coastal cliffs and beaches ; common. 



