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there being only two or three rows of cells between each end and the 

 epidermis. The lower half is narrower than the upper, and contains the 

 vascular bundle. The sclerenchyma cells are clear, pentagonal, with a small 

 central lumina. (See fig. 1, b.) 



Habitat : In forest from 150 m. alt. to summit of Mount Gower, chiefly 

 above 300 m. 



Distribution : Endemic. 



Metrosideros villosa Sm. 

 Metrosideros villosa Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. iii, 268, 1797. 



Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. viii, 14, 1873 (M. poly- 

 morpha) ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 236, 1896 (M. polymorpha) ; Gibbs, Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. 39, 146, 1909. 



Habitat : In the higher valleys (Mueller). 



Distribution : Kermadecs, New Caledonia, Polynesia. 



Leptospermum flavescens Sm. 



Leptospernmm flavescens Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. iii, 262, 1797. 



Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 77, 1875 ; Hemslev, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 236, 1896. 



Habitat : In moss forest on summit of Mount Gower, forming a large 

 portion of the main tier of vegetation. 



Distribution : Tasmania, Australia, Malaya. 



Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. 

 Melaleuca ericifolia Sm., Trans Linn. Soc. iii, 276, 1797. 



Recorded : Bentham, Fl. Austr. iii, 159, 1866 ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 

 236, 1896 ; Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 129, 1898. 



Habitat : A prostrate shrub on coastal rocks and cliffs in exposed places ; 

 in wind-swept gap in Northern Hills. 



Distribution : Tasmania, Australia. 



Nothopanax cissodendron (Moore & Muell.) W. R. B. Oliver comb. nov. 



Panax cissodendron Moore & Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. vii, 96, 

 1870. 

 Recorded : Moore & Muell., I.e. ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 238, 1896 

 (Panax). 



Habitat : In forest. 



Distribution : Endemic. Allied to Panax Murrayi F. Muell. of New 

 South Wales (Hemsley). 



Hydrocotyle hirta R. Br. 

 Hydrocotyle hirta R. Br. ex A. Rich, Ann. Sci. Phys. vi, 204, 1820. 



Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 77, 1875 ; Hemsley, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 238, 1896. 



Habitat : Scrambling over the ground in fores from sea-level to summit 

 of Mount Gower ; plentiful. 



Distribution : Tasmania, Australia. 



