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Drosera Arcturi. 



Swampy places on the saddle between Ngauruhoe and Rua- 

 pelm, and on the margin of Lake Nga Puna a Tama ; altitude, 

 3,500-4,500 ft. ; T. F. C. 



Drosera spathulata. 



With the preceding species, and in many places on the^Wai- 

 marino Plains, &c. ; altitude, 2,500-4,500 ft. ; T. F. C. 



XXVII. Haloragace^;. 



Haloragis micrantha. 



Ascends to 4,500 ft. on the saddle between Ngauruhoe and 

 Ruapehu ; T. F. C. 



XXVIII. Myrtace^e. 

 Leptospermum scoparium. 



I am indebted to Mr. R. J. Gilberd for specimens of a form 

 of this with remarkably dark-red flowers — much darker, in fact, 

 than any variety I have previously seen. It also differs from 

 the type in the brownish-green or almost bronze-green colour 

 of the leaves and young branchlets. Mr. Gilberd informs me 

 that some years ago he noticed a single plant of the variety 

 on the banks of the Whau Creek, below Henderson. Observing 

 several young plants under the parent tree with the same 

 peculiarly tinted foliage, he removed two or three into his garden, 

 succeeding in establishing them. They produced flowers of the 

 same dark-red colour, and ripened seed freely. Mr. Gilberd 

 further informed me that he has raised a considerable number 

 of plants from seed, and that they all " come true " to colour. 



Pale-red or pink flowered varieties of L. scoparium are by 

 no means uncommon, especially near the sea. 



Metrosideros Colensoi. 



At the time of the publication of the Manual the only 

 locality recorded for this species in the North Auckland penin- 

 sula was the Bay of Islands. Mr. H. J. Matthews now informs 

 me that it occurs both at Ruatangata and Puhipuhi, in the 

 Whangarei district. From the same gentleman I learn that 

 it is found in the Lower Clarence Valley, Marlborough — pos- 

 sibly its southern limit. 



Metrosideros tomentosa. 



Some unusually fine specimens of the pohutukawa exist 

 on Tiritiri Island. At my request Mr. A. Hansen, the resi- 

 dent lightkeeper, has measured the largest, and informs me 

 that the trunk is 28 ft. 6 in. in circumference, and that the 

 spread of the branches, from one side to the other, is 118 ft. 



