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Art. XXXVIII. — Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-hahitats (V). 

 By L. Cockayne, Ph.D. 



[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 3rd November, 1!)09.] 



The mosses in the following list were identified by Dr. V. F. Brotherus, of 

 Helsingfors, to whom my warmest thanks are due. I have added in most 

 cases a reference to the description of the species in Hooker's " Handbook of 

 the New Zealand Flora." No list of Mount Peel or of Upper Rakaia plants 

 having been published, species comparatively common receive mention. 

 The Mount Peel vegetation was studied only on the slopes facing the Canter- 

 bmy Plain. By the " Upper Rakaia " is meant the country near the main 

 sources of that river, especially the river-bed on the southern side and the 

 slopes of that part of the Arrowsmith Range known as Mount Murray, at 

 a distance of about one mile from Mein's Knob, a roche moutonnee just 

 opposite the terminal face of the Ramsay Glacier. 



I must express my great obligations to various members of this Institute 

 and others who have been so good as to collect specimens for me,* and especi- 

 ally to Mr. W. Willcox, of the Tourist Department, who is most assiduously 

 collecting the alpine plants in the Otago lakes district, with the object of 

 making a garden of New Zealand mountain plants in the Queenstown Park. 

 Such a work is of national importance, and the collection will be not only 

 a special attraction to visitors, but one of the greatest scientific value. 



For sake of easy reference, the species noted in this paper are arranged 

 in alphabetical order, and not according to the sequence of famiUes. 



Musci. 

 Bartramia Halleriana, Hedw. — Handb., p. 446. 



South Island : Canterbury — Base of Craigieburn Mountains, in sub- 

 alpine beech forest, at altitude of about 660 m. L. C. 



Brachythecium rutabulum (L.). — Hypnum. ; Handb., p. 478. 



North Island : Auckland — Central volcanic plateau, growing on floor 

 of subalpine beech forest, at altitude of 1,120 m. L. C. 



Bryum leptothecium, Tayl. — Handb., p. 439. (Referred to Rhodobryum 

 in " Index Bryologicus."f) 



(1) North Island : North Auckland — Waipoua kauri forest, growing 

 on rotting logs ; L. C. (2) South Island : Canterbury — Base of Craigie- 

 burn Mountains, in subalpine beech forest, at altitude of about 650 m. ; L. C. 



Dicranoloma leucolomoides (C. Muell.). — Dicranum dicarfon, Hornsch ; 

 Handb., p. 411. 



North Island : Central volcanic plateau, forming extensive mats on 

 floor of subalpine beech forest, at altitude of about 1,120 m. L. C. 



* Smce reading this paper I have received a number of interesting specimens and 

 notes on distribution from various correspondents, especially Mr. D. L. Poppelwell, of 

 Gore, to whom I am much indebted, but an account of these must necessarily be held 

 over for a future paper. 



t Paris, E. G. : " Index Bryologicus," 1894-98. 



