Laixg. — Vegetal i(in of Banks Feninsula. 407 



Raoulia lutescens Kirk. 



One specimen only seen, on the new Lyttelton Sumner Road, about 

 600 ft. ; possibly from seed blown up from some river-bed on the plains. 



*Raoulia australis Hook. f. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



A rare and disappearing species ; one specimen only seen, on the 

 top of Purple Peak. (Akaroa is the type-locality.) 



Raoidia Monroi Hook. f. 



Dyer's Pass : R. M. L. : A. W. Mount Herbert and elsewhere : A. W. 



J. B. A. also records {-)R. tenuicaulis, but I have not seen it. 



HeUchri/sum hellidioides Willd. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Lyttelton Hills, rare ; but elsewhere not uncommon above 1,500 ft. 



Helichri/sum fdicaitle Hook. f. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Abundant. 



Helichrysum glomerafum Benth. & Hook. [R. ; J. F. A. : J. B. A. ; L. C] 



*Cassinia VauvilUersii Hook. f. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



In scrub, Mount Herbert and elsewhere, but not common. 



J. B. A. gives also {^)C. fuJvida, a probable inhabitant, which may 

 be found on sandy beaches, but I have not noted it. J. F. A. records, 

 no doubt in error, (^)C. leptophyUa. 



Craspedia unifloia Forst. f. (one or more vars.). 



Lyttelton Hills, and probably elsewhere, but less common than 

 formerly. 



J. F. A. and J. B. A. give also {-)C. aJpina, but this is a most 

 unlikely inhabitant of the peninsula. 



Cotula coronopifolia Linn. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 

 Common in ditches and sluggish streams. 



Cotula australis Hook. f. 



Abundant, and becoming a pest in gardens. Appears to be intro- 

 duced. 



Cotula minor Hook. f. 



Seen only on Mount Pleasant, at the back of Lyttelton, under the 

 drip from overhanging rock or on moist faces. 



Cotula Haastii Kirk. [Haast ; T. K. ; L. C] 



Common on dry banks, particularly near the sea, or on the seaward 

 side of the hills. It is said to have been found on the Canterbury Plains 

 by von Haast, but I have not seen it there. The common species in the 

 neighbourhood of Christchurch amongst the pastures are C. dioica and 

 C. squalid a. 



J. B. A.'s records of (-)C'. pectinata as on the peninsula perhaps 

 refers to C. Haastii. 



Cotula squalida Hook. f. [J. B. A.] 



Common in the tussock-grasslands. 



Cotula dioica Hook. f. [.J. B. A. : L. C] 



Two forms are common, one of the salt marshes and one of the hills ; 

 but it is probably useless to attempt at present to define them. 



J. B. A. gives also (-)C. pyrethrifolia, an milikely alpine plant. 



Erechtites prenanthoides DC. [L. C] 



Common, especially in burnt bush. 



