320 Transactions. — Botany. 



Mr. Macallister was so well acquainted with the pohutukawa 

 in Auckland, that it is not probable he is mistaken in the identi- 

 fication. At the same time, its occurrence in the South Island 

 is so unexpected that it is most desirable to obtain specimens of 

 the Waitapu plant in the mature state. 



Myrtus bullata, Banks and Sol. In one place near the Dun 

 Mountain track ; also by the road to the copper 

 mine ; Mr. Buckeridge. 



I did not see this plant in the Nelson district, but Mr. 

 Buckeridge, of the Survey Department, who was my travelling 

 companion through the Bai Valley, where it is plentiful, informed 

 me that he had observed it in the localities mentioned above. 

 It is common about Picton, and in other localities in Marl- 

 borough. 



M. ralphii, M. obcordata, and M. pedunculata, were observed 

 by Dr. Boor and myself growing in close proximity in one of 

 the lateral valleys of the Maitai, in 1873, but we searched in vain 

 for M. bullata. 



ONAGKAKIEiE. 



Epilobium confertifolium, Hook. f. ; /3. tenuipes. Spenser Moun- 

 tains. 

 ,, alsinoides, A. Cunn. Abundant in many parts of the 

 district. 



UMBELLIFEIkE. 



Hydrocotyle americana, Arn. Mokihinui, etc. 



,, asiatica, L. Aorere Valley, etc. 



,, muscosa, Br. Lake Guyon. 



,, pterocarpa, F. Mueller. Mokihinui. 



Pozoa haastii. Hook. f. Spenser Mountains. 

 Ligusticum haastii, F. Muell. Spenser Mountains. 

 Angelica decipiens, Hook. f. Mount Captain Bange, Amuri. 

 Actinotus bellidioides, Beush. Var. nova-zelandice. Mount Boch- 

 fort, Rev. F. D. Spenser. 



Bubiace^:. 

 Coprosma pumila, Hook. f. Between Fowler's Pass and Lake 

 Guyon, etc., etc. 



Mr. Cheeseman states that he can find no distinguishing 

 characters between this species and C. repens, and believes 

 both to be forms of the same plant. 



I am unable to accept this view, on account of the wide 

 difference between the fruits of the two species, independently of 

 other characters. The fruit of C. pumila is spherical, slightly 

 depressed, crimson, small ; while that of C. repens is ovoid, 

 purple, translucent, the largest of the genus. At elevations of 

 3,000 feet and upwards, C. pumila becomes nearly herbaceous ; 

 but C. repens invariably retains its ligneous habit, even at the 

 extreme altitude of 4,500 feet. 



