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5. The amount of xerophylly in many New Zealand plants 

 is by no means a measure of their adaptation to present environ- 

 ment, but is more likely a survival from a former geological 

 period when xerophytic conditions were more widespread. 



6. The vegetation of the Kaikoura Mountains appears to 

 yield evidence both for and against McKay's theory of the ex- 

 treme youth of these ranges. 



5. List of Plants op the Subalpine Scrub. 

 Lycopodiacece. 

 Lycopodium fastigiatum, R. Br. 



Filices. 

 Lomaria alpina, Spreng. 



Taxacece. 

 Podocarpus totara, Don. 



Liliacece. 

 Phormium cookianum, Le Jolts. 



Ranunculacece. 



Ranunculus lobulatus, sp. nov. = R. insignis, Hook. /., var. lobu- 

 latus, T. Kirk, " Students' Flora," p. 8. 



Rosaceo3. 



Acsena sanguisorbse, Vahl, var. 



Rubus australis, Forst. /., var. glaber, Hook. f. 



Geraniacece. 

 Geranium microphyllum, Hook. f. 



TilliacecB. 

 Aristotelia fruticosa, Hook. f. 

 „ colensoi, Hook. f. 



MalvacecB. 



Gaya ribifolia, sp. nov. = G. lyallii, J. E. Baker, var. ribifolia, 

 F. v. Muell. 



Onagracew. 



Epilobium, sp. aff. E. chlorsefolium, Hausskn. 



Umbelliferce. 

 Aciphylla colensoi, Hook. f. 

 Ligusticum aromaticum, Banks and Sol. 



Epacridacece. 

 Dracophyllum uniflorum, Hook. f. 



