372 TranmcfioixH. 



1914. Miss L. A. Suckling, The Leaf-anatomy of some Trees and Shrubs 



growing on the Port Hills, Christchurch , Trans. N.Z. Inst.. 

 vol. 46, p. 178. 



1915. L. CocKAYXE, Provisional List of Ferns and Flowering-plants of 



the Port Hills, Report on Scenery -preservation (1914-15). 

 1918. A. Wall, Ferns of the Port Hi'Us, Lyttelton Times. 13th Julv, 



1918. 

 1918. On the Distribution of Senecio saxifragoides Hook. f.. and its 



Relation to Senecio lagopus Raoul, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 50, 



p. 198. 



LIST OF INDIGENOUS PLANTS FOUND ON BANKS PENINSULA. 

 Explanation of Abbreviations and Signs. 



1 . Plants marked thus ° {e.g.. °Melicytus micranthus) in the list are those 

 that I have not collected myself or seen in the collections of others, but are 

 introduced on the evidence of previous collectors. It may perhaps be 

 noted that Raoul's list has been very carefully drawn up, and is through- 

 out reliable. Though the identifications of Mr. J. F. Armstrong's list mav 

 not always be correct, still some plant can generally be found which the 

 name represents ; Init in J. B. Armstrong's list there are names of manv 

 species which obviously do not occur on Banks Peninsula. Some of these 

 can at once be rejected on external evidence, but in other cases it is 

 manifestly impossible to say that the plant has not been found on the 

 peninsula, though its occurrence there may be highly improbable. It is 

 included in my list if there is any subsidiary evidence to suggest that it mav 

 have become extinct or have been overlooked. These species inquirendae 

 are marked with a small (^) before the initial letter of the genus — e.g., 

 (^)Eleocharis Cunninghamii. This is intended to indicate that there is some 

 reason to believe that the plant occurs or has occurred on the peninsula, but 

 tliat it has not been recently found. Similarly the species excludendae — 

 those plants which, though recorded. ])robably have not been foimd on 

 the })eninsula, or which have been identified in error — are marked with 

 a small (') before the initial letter of the genus — e.g., {-)Fimhrisfylis 

 frondosa. Of course, the line between species inquirendae and species 

 excludendae is often very indistinct. It is quite possible that some of the 

 species excludendae may subsequently be found on the peninsula, but the 

 evidence in their favour does not justify their inclusion at present. Should 

 they be discovered they can be readily reinstated. Of the species inquirendae, 

 some are included in my list, and others, where perhaps the evidence for 

 their occurrence is somewhat weaker, are only noted. In any count of 

 the list, of course, only those which are definitely included should be 

 reckoned. 



2. Plants whose names are preceded by an asterisk, thus, *AsperelIa 

 gracilis, have not been found on the Lyttelton Hills — i.e., between Gebbie's 

 Pass and Lyttelton North Head. Plants not so marked are to be found 

 or have in the past been found on the Lyttelton Hills. Some are perhaps 

 now extinct there. It will also be noted that some plants recorded from 

 the Lyttelton Hills are not recorded from Banks Peninsula ; this in the 

 majority of cases is probably due to the fact that the district nearer 

 Christchurch has been more exhaustively examined than the more remote 

 one. This, however, is not always the case, for Senecio .saxifragoides and 

 Myosotis australis var. .seem to be confined to the smaller district. 



