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LXI. Nyctaginaceae. 



Pisonia Brunoniana Endl. 



I am informed by Mr. Robert Hustie that a small grove of Pisonia exists 

 on Cape Bream Tail, a little to the north of Mangawai. This locality, how- 

 ever, is not many miles distant from the Taranga Islands (Hen and 

 Chickens), where the plant is abundant. 



LXII. LORANTHACEAE. 



Korthalsella salicornioides Van Tiegh. 



Queen Charlotte Sound, parasitic on Leptospermum ; J. H. Macmahon ! 

 This is the first record, so far as I am aware, for the Marlborough Pro- 

 vincial District. (See my list of the known localities, given in Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst., vol. 43, p. 182.) 



LXXIV. Balanophoraceae. 

 Dactylanthus Taylori Hook. f. 



Ranginui Range, near Mangapehi, Main Trunk Railway ; J. Corhitt ! 



LXXVI. Urticaceae. 

 Urtica ferox Forst. 



Bay of Islands County, apparently confined to a waJii-tapu known as 

 Ngamahanga, situated about ten miles to the west of Kawakawa ; T. H. 

 Trevor ! This is a marked extension of the range of the species, which has 

 not been previously collected northwards of the Marikopa River, Kawhia, 

 quite two hundred miles away. It is (or, rather, was) abundant between 

 the Awakino and Mokau Rivers and Taumarunui, and is known from 

 several localities between the Main Trunk Railway and the Central Volcanic 

 Plateau. A locality near Te Aroha, reported to me many years ago, has 

 so far not been confirmed. 



Mr. Trevor states that the Ngamahanga wahi-tapu contains about 

 29 acres. Up to this year cattle had barely penetrated into it, but they 

 are now working their way steadily towards the centre, and he anticijjates 

 that they will soon destroy the major portion of the undergrowth, including 

 the Urtica. So far as he can ascertain, it has never occupied an area much 

 exceeding an acre. Its greatest height is about 6 ft. The specimens for- 

 warded to me have leaves from 4 in. to 6 in. in length, and the stinging- 

 hairs are quite copious. 



LXXVIII. CONIFERAE. 



Dacrydium Bidwillii Hook. f. 



Open pumice country at Tiroa, to the east of Mangapehi, Main Trunk 

 Railway; A. Wilson and J. C. Rolleston ! With the exception of the 

 extreme summit of Moehau (Cape Colville), this is the most northerly 

 locality known. Mr. Rolleston informs me that the Maoris call it " Aotea." 



Phyllocladus glaucus Carr. 



Several specimens in a patch of kauri forest near Birkdale, a few miles 

 from Auckland, on the northern side of the Waitemata Harbour ; H. B. 

 Matthews ! Quite an unexpected discovery. I am acquainted with but 



