384: Transactions. 



Family Juncaceae. 

 J uncus pallidiis R. Br. (?). 



(The identification is not quite certain, as my specimens are some- 

 what immature.) 



Port Lew : R. M. L. Probably also on Lvttelton Hills, near Dry 

 Bush : A. W". 



Juncus pauciflonis B. Br. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Abundant in the tussock pastures. 



Juncus vaginatus R. Br. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 

 Akaroa : T. Kirk. Lyttelton Hills. 



Juncus poJijanOiemus Buchen. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Common in damper pastures. 



J uncus maritinius Lam. var. australiensis Buchen. [J. B. iV.] 



Common in salt marshes. (According to B. D. Cross, extends as far 

 south as Timaru.) 



Juncus hufonius Linn. [J. B. A.] 

 Abundant. 



*Juncus planifolius R. Br. 



Akaroa : Raoul. Moimt Herbert, near top : A. Wall. Kaituna, in 

 the wayside ditches : R. M. L. 



Juncus caespiticius E. Mey. var. hracteatus Buchen. 



Cashmere Valley : A. Wall. 

 ^'Juncus novae-zealandiae Hook. f. 



French Peak, and in a slender state on the top of Castle Rock. 



J. B. A. gives also (~)'/. scheuchzerioides and (')>/. holoschoenus, 

 neither of which is likely to occur. 

 Luzula campestris DC. vars. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Family Liliaceae. 



Rhipogoitum scandens Forst. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Common in the forest in many places. 



Cordijline australis Hook. f. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Common on open hillsides. 



*Cordijline indivisa Steud. [J. B. A.j 



Apparently the southernmost limit on this coast. Above 1,800 ft. 

 Purau Line, Akaroa Summit Road : not common. 



(^)C. Veitchii Hort., given as an additional species by J. B. A., 

 is mereh' a synonym of C. australis. 

 Asfelia nervosa Banks & Sol. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Abundant, chiefly in forest. 



(^)A. Solandri and {~)A. linearis are recorded by J. B. A., but 

 have not been observed by any one else. 



Phormium tenax Forst. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Common in gullies and at moister spots. 



*Phormium Cookianum Le Jolis. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



On cliffs, and often in the open above the bush line. Possibly 

 occurs on the Lyttelton Hills, though not definitely recorded from there. 



{^)Bulbinella Hookeri is recorded by J. F. A. and J. B. A., and 

 perhaps occurs. 



