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Carjyodetus serratus Forst. Fruit globose, size of small pea, almost fleshy,. 



indehiscent 3-5-celled, seeds numerous, pendulous. 

 Clematis indivisa Willd. Aclienes with a plumose tail often more than 



2 in. long. 



List of Species found on Tarawera Mountain, North-western Face, in 

 September, 1913, and the Summer of 1915-16. 



[A letter " B " prefixed to the name of the species denotes the probability of its 

 being spread by birds, and " W " by wind. " ? " before a name denotes that the method 

 of disposal is doubtful, but possibly wild animals (rabbits or hares), or floated across 

 by water, or carried by water-fowl.] 



B. Melicytus ramifiorus Forst. Small berry, i in. 



B. Pittosporum tenuifolium Banks & Sol. Capsule woody and seeds sticky. 



B. • Colensoi Hook. f. Capsule woody and seeds sticky. 



B. Aristotelia racemosa Hook. f. Berry size of a pea. 



W. Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. Above 1,400 ft. Membranous compressed cap- 

 sule, very broadly 2-3-winged ; wings membranous. 

 B. C or iar ia riiscifolia Linn. Above 1,400 ft. Crustaceous achenes invested 



by juicy petals. 

 B. Rubus australis Forst. Many succulent 1-seeded drupes crowded upon 



a dry receptacle. 

 ? Acaena Sanguisorbae Vahl. var. Achenes attached to fruiting calyx 



provided with 4-barbed bristles. 

 ? Weinniannia racemosa Linn. f. Above 1,400 ft. Capsule containing 



small hairy seeds. 

 W. Drosera auriculata Backh. Above 1,400 ft. Seeds minute. 

 W. Halorrhagis erecta Schindl. Seed small, dry, 2-4-seeded, nut Jq in. 



long with 4 ribs dilated into wings. 

 B. Gunnera monoica Eaoul. Small fleshy drupe. 

 W. Leptospermum scoparium Forst. Above 1,400 ft. Woody or coriaceous 



capsule, containing numerous linear seeds. 



W. ericoides A. Rich. Above 1,400 ft. Linear f^eeds. 



W. Metrosideros florida Smith. Above 1,400 ft. ] Coriaceous or woody cap- 



W. robusta A. Cunn. Above 1,400 ft. h sule ; seeds numerous, 



W. tomentoBa A. Rich. ) linear. 



W. Epilobiuni junceum^ Sol. \ 



Capsule 4-angled, seeds numerous, fur- 

 y nished with a tuft of long hair at 

 the summit. 



W. -— rotundifolium Forst 



W. pubens A. Rich. 



W. nummular if oliwn R. Cunn. 



W. melanocaulon Hook. 



W. microphyllum A. Rich. 



W. glabellum Forst. 



B. Fuchsia excorticata Linn. f. Fleshy, many-seeded berry. 



? Hijdrocotyle asiatica Linn. 2 dry, indehiscent, cohering carpels. 



B. Panax arboreum Forst. 2-4-celled succulent exocarp. 



B. Griselinia littoralis 'Rsioxd. Above 1,400 ft. Small 1-seeded berry. 



B. Coprosma lucida, Forst. 2-seeded fleshy drupe. 



B. robusta Raoul. Above 1,400 ft. "2-seeded fleshy drupe. 



W. Celmisia longifolia Cass. var. Composite linear achene. 



W. Oleariafurfuracea'Kook.i. Above 1,400 ft. Composite; achenes smal. 



with pappus hairs. 

 W. Gnaphalimn japonicnm Thunb. i . , ■ , , -i, 



W. luteo-album Linn. I ^^^^^^^ minutely papillose. 



