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examples luive been got from the space lying between the Christehurch 

 Hospital and the River Avon. Old settlers will remember that the situ- 

 ation is, or was, rather, of a moist character ; the fronds of the plants froni 

 this S])ot displayed a fine deconipound habit." Farther on the same 

 writer records the abundant occurrence in former days of Ophioglossum 

 ralyatum about the North Town Belt, and, as seen from Mr. Armstrong's 

 list, it was common throughout the Parks and Domain. It is possible that 

 a close search might reveal its presence even now. 



Dr. Chilton has kindly handed over to me a list of some of the native 

 plants growing in North Hagley Park that were noticed by himself 

 and Dr.' Cockayne. The list bears the date of the 12th July, 1905. It is 

 as follows : Poa caespitosa Forst., Carex ternaria Forst., C. virgata 8ol., 

 Juncus communis E. Meyer., Muehlenbeckia axillans Hook, f., Tillaea 

 verticiUaris DC, T. Sieberiana Cheeseman, Carmichaelia subulafa T. Kirk, 

 Geranmm sessiliflorum Cav., CaUitriche verna L., Aciphylla squarrosa 

 Forst., Raoulia Monroi Hook, f., Cotula dioica Hook, f., Leiicopof/o)t 

 Fraseri A. Cunn. 



This does not claiin to be a complete list, but is interesting as affording 

 additional evidence of the comparatively recent presence of AcipJudla 

 squarrosa, Raoulia Monroi, Muehlenbeckia axillaris, and Leuccjpogou Fraseri, 

 none of wliich can be found there now. 



Strangely enough, a few patches of Muehlenbeckia axillaris are estab- 

 lishing themselves in the front lawn of the Domain. As this was all 

 ploughed up and resown a few years ago, the appearance of this plant 

 must be quite accidental, and cannot be regarded as a survival of the 

 original flora, though it was doubtless present then. 



The only other mention 1 can find of New Zealaiid plants in Hagley 

 Park occurs in Laing and Blackwell's Plants of New Zealand, 1906. On 

 page 216, in connection with the description of Oxalis cornicnlata, a brief 

 list is given, excluding monocotyledons. The list is as follows : Oxalis 

 corniculata, Carmichaelia flagelUformis, Ligusticum {Aciphylla) Golensoi, 

 Raoulia Monroi, Geranium, microphijllum, Muehlenbeekia axillaris, and Cotula 

 speciosa. Oi these, only Oxalis corniculata and Carmichaelia flagelUformis 

 are found now, and it is possible, as Mr. J. B. Armstrong says, that the 

 Oxalis is the introduced form, not the original New Zealand form of the 

 species. It is, as Mr. Laing states, common in many of the lawns right 

 in the centre of the city, and may have been introduced as an impuritv 

 in the grass-seed sown. 



Of the other plants which have since been lost, both Raoulia Monroi 

 and Muehlenbeckia axillaris were present on the sandy ground near the 

 Armagh Street entrance before the 1906 Exhibition, but have not been 

 seen since. Aciphylla squarrosa has since disappeared, and Cotula speciosa 

 is very evidently a misprint, probably for Cotula dioica, which is still to be 

 found in small c[uantities. 



The accompanying list (list B), drawn U]) in 1918, for which I am 

 indebted to Professor A. Wall, of (Canterbury College, includes five species 

 which were not actually found in the Park, but in its immediate vicinity, 

 where freshly turned soil has provided a suitable oi)portunity for these 

 natives to re-establish themselves, and in each case it is interesting to 

 note that these plants occur in Armstrong's list. They are enclosed in 

 parentheses. The species marked with an asterisk are present in very 

 small numbers, in some cases onh^ one plant being found. 



