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Helichrysum Purdiei Petrie. 



South Island : Nelson — Bank of Eiver Perceval, Hanmer, in company 

 with H. glomeratum and H. hellidioides, and nowhere else. G. E. Christensen ! 

 (Only recorded previously from the west side of Dunedin Harbour, between 

 Eavensbourne and Port Chalmers.) 



Hymenophyllum ferrugineum Colla. 



North Island: Wellington — (1.) On trunks of tree-ferns in kahikatea 

 forest near Levin ; L. C. (2.) On floor of montane Nothofagus forest, Rimu- 

 taka Mountains, east of Wliiteman's Valley ; L. C. 



Hymenophyllum Malingii (Hook.) Mett. 



(1.) North Island: Wellington — On dead Lihocedrus Bidwillii in forest 

 on southern slopes of Mount Ruapehu ; L. C. (2.) South Island : Nelson — 

 Subalpine Lihocedrus forest on Motueka hills ; F. W. Hufiam and L. C. 

 (Probably H. Malingii occurs wherever there is Lihocedrus Bidwillii.) 



Korthalsella Lindsayi (Oliver) Engier. 



North Island : Wellington — Parasitic on Muehlenhechia Astoni near 

 mouth of River Wainuiomata. A. H. Cockayne and E. Bruce Levy ! 



Linum monogynum Forst. f. var. chathamicum Cockayne. 



North Island : WelUngtofi — On rock near Wellington Harbour. Esmond 

 Atldnson ! (This variety, published in Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 34, 1902, 

 p. 320, is not cited in Cheeseman's Manual.) 



Leptopteris superba (Col.) Presl. 



North Island : Wellington — On floor of montane Nothofagus forest of 

 Rimutaka Mountains, east of Whiteman's Valley. L. C. 



Metrosideros Colensoi Hook. f. 



(1.) North Island: Taranaki — ^Forest near Moumahaki State Farm; 

 L. C. (2.) South Island : Marlborough — Common in forest near Woodside 

 Creek; L. C. 



Microseris scapigera (Forst, f.) Sch. Bip. 



South Island : Marlborough — On coastal limestone rock near mouth of 

 Flaxbourne Stream. L. C. 



Muehlenbeckia Astoni Petrie. 



South Island : Marlborough — Stony ground near mouth of Flaxbourne 

 Stream. L. C. (Only two plants were noted, but probably others had 

 been destroyed when the ground was " cleared.") 



Myosotis Forsteri Lehm. ? 



North Island : WeUington — ^On coastal clifis between Happy Valley and 

 Cape Terawhiti. L. C. 



Myrtus Ralphii Hook. f. 



South Island : Marlborough — Kenepuru Sound, in forest. L. C. (In 

 Cheeseman's Manual Marlborough is given as a habitat, but no particular 

 locality is cited.) 



