406 Transactions. 



Olearia Forsteri Hook. f. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



Abundant, especially near the coast-line. 



Olearia fragrantissima Petrie. [L. C] 



Decanter Bay ; Mount Pleasant ; Crown Island : Pt. M. L. Lake 

 Forsyth : T. Kirk. Near Suniner-Lyttelton Road : A. W. ; L. C. 

 This plant does not appear to be known north of Banks Peninsula. 



'^Olearia Hectori Hook. f. {I). 



I obtained specimens of a plant which may belong to this species 

 near Le Bon's, but it was not in flower, and the identification is uncertain. 



J. B. A. records (^)O. virgata, and it may occur. It grows, or grew, 

 on the banks of the adjacent Heathcote River, but I have notseen 

 it on the hills. 



Oelmisia longifolia Cass. var. gntcilenta (Hook, f.) Kirk. [J. F. A. : J. B A. • 

 L. C] 

 The slender scape and narrow leaves (about 5 mm. broad) probablv 

 are sufficient marks of this variety. The upper surface of the leaf is 

 dark, almost black, in colour ; and often flat, not revolute, this character 

 probably depending upon the amount of moisture received ; and the 

 flowers are often large, being fully 40 mm. in diameter. The lower half 

 of the margin of the leaf is slightly toothed and repand. whilst the 

 upper half is entire. I can scarcely think that the branching of the 

 scapes referred to by Cockayne {Trans., vol. 49, p. 58) is at all common, 

 as it has not been noticed by me. At one time common in the tussock 

 lands, but now, I think, scarcer. 



Gelmisia Machaui Raoul. [R. ; J. B. A.] 



In various places in the neighbourhood of Akaroa, from sea-level to 

 2,000 ft. ; usually growing on a damp clift' or near the side of a stream. 

 (Akaroa is the type-locality.) 



J. B. A. records also (-)C'. coriacea, OC. LyaUii, and (^)C spectahilis. 

 There is no trace of them now, and I cannot think they have occurred 

 here recently. 



Vittaclinia australis A. Rich. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Abundant. 



Vittadinia australis A. Rich. var. linearis Kirk, a very distinct form, 

 also occurs between Lyttelton Heads and Heathcote Valley, but is pro- 

 bably an introduction. 



Gnaphalium luteo-alhum Linn. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Abundant both as a garden-weed and as an inhabitant of the tussock- 

 grasslands. 



GnaphaJi nm japonicu7n Thunb. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Common. 



Gnaphalium colliyium Labill. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Common. 



Raoidia glabra Hook. f. [L. C] 



Lyttelton Hills, rare ; behind Hoon Hav ; and elsewhere abundant 

 above 2,000 ft. 



*Raoulia suhsericea Hook. f. 



On the higher summits between Akaroa and Castle Rock : R. M. L. : 

 A. W. 



