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XXXVII. RUBIACE^E. 



Coprosma cuneata. 



Often forming a fair proportion of the subalpine scrub on 

 the slopes of Tongariro and Ruapehu ; altitude, 3,000-5,000 ft. ; 

 T. F. C. 



Coprosma depressa. 



Waimarino Plains, Rangipo Desert, &c, and lower portions 

 of Tongariro and Ruapehu ; altitude, 3,000-5,000 ft. ; T. F. C. 



Coprosma repens. 



Slopes of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, and Ruapehu, plentiful, 

 especially on moist banks, &c. Ascends to the summit of 

 Tongariro, altitude 6,500 ft. ; and is particularly plentiful by 

 the margin of the lakes Nga Puna a Tama, on the saddle be- 

 tween Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu ; T. F. C. 



XXXVIII. Composite. 

 Olearia nitida. 



Subalpine forest on the Waimarino Plains, and ravines at 

 the base of Tongariro and Ruapehu ; altitude, 2,500-4,000 ft. ; 

 T. F. C. 



Olearia alpina. 



Mr. Petrie, who has had good opportunities of studying 

 this during his recent visit to Mount Hector, Tararua Range, 

 informs me that it is nothing more than a narrow-leaved variety 

 of O. lacunosa. 



Olearia oleifolia. 



Dart Valley, Otago ; H. J. Matthews. 



Olearia nummularifolia. 



Slopes of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, and Ruapehu, abundant ; 

 altitude, 3,000-5,000 ft. ; T. F. C. 



Celmisia hieracifolia. 



Mount Hector, Tararua Range ; altitude, 4,000-5,000 ft. ; 

 D. Petrie/ 



Not previously recorded from any part of the North Island. 



Celmisia incana. 



Slopes of Tongariro and Ruapehu, and low hills at their 

 base, apparently more abundant on the eastern side than on 

 the western ; altitude, 3,200-5,000 ft. ; T. F. C. Mount Hau- 

 hungatahi (between Ruapehu and Waimarino), not uncom- 

 mon ; Rev. F. H. Spencer ! 



