Cockayne. — Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats. 53 



Dracophyllum virgatum (Cheesem.) Cockayne sp. nov. = I), uniflorum 

 Hook. f. var. virgatum Cheesem. in " Manual of the New Zealand 

 Flora,'' p. 427 (1906). 



South Island : Westland — Swamp near Lake Brunner. L. C. 



Fuchsia Colensoi Hook. f. 



South Island : Westland — Near Lake Ianthe. L. C. 

 F. Colensoi appears to be quite an uncommon species in Westland . 

 For other stations, see II below. 



Gahnia rigida T. Kirk. 



South Island : Westland — What I take to be this species is common 

 as far south as the Waiho River. L. C. 



Gunnera dentata T. Kirk. 



South Island : Canterbury- — River-bed of River Makarora. head of 

 Lake Wanaka. L. C. 



Korthalsella Lindsayi (Oliver) Engler. 



South Island : Otago — Crescent Island, Lake Wanaka ; parasitic on 

 Pseudopanax ferox. L. C. 



Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Col.) Kuhn. 



Stewart Island— In rimu-kamahi forest. R. B. Oliver ! 



Librocedrus Bidwillii Hook. f. 



South Island : Westland — One of the members of the low river-bed 

 forest in the Otira Valley. L. C. 



The most important trees of this association are Phyllocladus alpinas 

 Hook, f., Podocarpus Hallii T. Kirk, and Pseudopanax crassifolium Seem. 



Lycopodium fastigiatum R. Br. 



South Island : Westland — Otira Valley, on old river-bed. L. C. 



Mazus radicans (Hook, f.) Cheesem. 



South Island : Westland — A characteristic plant of lowland and 

 montane river-beds. L. C. 



Myosotis Goyeni Petrie. 



South Island : Otago — Mount Roy, Lake Wanaka, on dry rock-face, 

 at altitude of 450 m. L. C. 



Nothofagus Menziesii (Hook. 1.) Oerst. 



South Island : Canterbury — Valley of the Makarora, forming a pure 

 forest. L. C. 



Olearia Haastii Hook. f. 



South Island : (1.) Westland— Otira Gorge, in subalpine scrub ; only 

 one plant noted. (2.) Canterbury — Bank of Sloven's Creek. Waimakariri 

 basin. L. C. 



0. Haastii, although evidently widely spread, is a rare species, having 

 been recorded from seven localities only, including the above. 



