386 Transactions.— Botany . 



Polypodium cunninghamii, Hook. On rocks and tree-trunks ; 

 plentiful. 

 „ serpens, Forst. Common throughout the district. 



„ pustulatum, Forst. In woods ; plentiful. 



billardieri, Br. Generally distributed. 

 Todea hymenophylloides, Rich, and Less. Banks of creeks ; 



common. 

 Schizsea fistulosa, Labill. Te Karaka Flat ; common. 



„ bifida, Sivz. Te Karaka Flat ; plentiful. 

 Lygodium articulatum, A. Rich. Common in woods. 

 Marattia fraxinea, Sm. Bald Hills, not uncommon ; Puni ; 

 Manukau Head, in deep gully. 



Ophioglosseae. 



Ophioglossum vulgatum, L. Bank of Waikato Eiver. 

 Botrychium ternatum, Sivz. In scrub ; not uncommon. 



Salvinieae. 



Azolla filiculoides, Lam., var. rubra. Swamps, Lower Wai- 

 kato. 



Lycopodiacese. 



Lycopodium billardieri, S'prcng. In woods ; not uncommon. 



„ densuin, Labill. Among scrub ; common. 



„ cernuum, L. Clay cliffs, the Bluff; rare. 



„ laterale, Br. In damp open places ; common. 



„ scariosum, Forst. Clay cliffs, the Bluff; rare. 



„ volubile, Forst. Generally distributed. 



Tmesipteris tannensis, Beriih. In woods ; common. 



Art. XXXIII. — Notes on the Grotvth of some Indigenous 

 and other Trees in Neto Zealand. 



By H. D. M. Haszard. 



[Read before the Auckland Institute, 7th October, 1901.~\ 



Through the courtesy of Mr. J. W. Hall, of the Thames, who 

 for the last thirty years has made a hobby of arboriculture, I 

 have been enabled to take the measurements of a number of 

 trees growing on his estate at Parawai, Thames, which may 

 possibly be worth placing on record. 



The situation of Mr. Hall's plantation is on the rising 

 ground at Parawai, the lower portion dipping into a gully and 

 being fairly well sheltered, the upper part rather exposed to 

 the southerly winds, the whole having a south-westerly aspect, 



