208 Transactions. 



Mariscus ustulatus (A. Eich.) C. B. Clarke. 

 Mesembryanthemum australe Sol. var. rubrum Cockayne, ined. 



var. viride Cockayne, ined. 



Muehlenheckia complexa Meissn. var. microphylla (Col.) Cockayne, var. nov, 

 {=M. rnicrophijlla Colenso in Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 20 (1888), p. 204). 



australis (A. Rich.) Meissn. 



Phormium tenax Forst. 



Phytolacca octandra L. ; introduced. 



Poly podium diver sifolium Willd. 



Pteridium esculentum (Forst. f.) Cockayne. 



Ruhus fruticosus h. va,!.; introduced. 



Salicornia australis Sol. 



Sanibucus nigra L. 



Scirpus nodosus (R. Br.) Rottb. 



Senecio lantus Forst. f. var. 



Sonclms littoralis (T. Kirk) Cockayne. 



Vicia sp. (not sufficient for identification) ; introduced. 



3. List of Species omitted from the " Provisional List of Ferns 

 AND Flowering - plants of the Port Hills " (Report on 

 Scenery Preservation for 1915). 



Nearly all the following species were supplied by Mr. R. M. Laing, B.Sc, 

 M.A. Plants growing only on the actual coast were purposely omitted 

 from the list. 



Australina pusilla Gaud. 

 Rare. R. M. Laing. 



Chenopodium triandrum Forst. f. 

 .Common. R. M. Laing. 



Cotula minor Hook. f. ? 



Very rare ; only found in one locality, near the summit of the range. 

 R. M. Laing ! 



Cotula squalida Hook. f. 



Li damp ground, chiefly near the summit of the range. R. M. Laing ! 



Galium umbrosum Sol. 

 Plentiful. R. M. Laing. 



Hedycarya arborea Forst. 



Abundant in forest. R. M. Laing. 



Hierochloe reddens (Forst. f.) R. Br, 



Near Governor's Bay Road and elsewhere. R. M. Laing. 



Lycopodium fastigiatum R. Br. 



Only noted in the patch of forest beyond Kennedy's Bush. R. M. 

 Laing. 



