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Art. VII. — Plant -habitats Hitherto Unrecorded* 

 By B. C. Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. 



[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 28th October, HH4.] 



Lepidium tenuicaule T. K. Wharekahu Bay, Kapiti Island. 



var. minor Cheesem. Near trig, station on Kapiti Island. 



Hymenanthera crassifolia Hook. f. On littoral rocks, Kapiti Island, and 

 Motungarara Island. 



- obovata T. K. On coastal crags near Toepiro Stream, Kapiti Island, 



at Somes Island, and at Seatoun Heads. 

 Pittosporum cornifolium A. Cunn. Epiphytic on forest-trees, west side 



Kapiti Island. 

 Eleocarpus dentatus Vahl. In forest, Wharekahu Bay, Kapiti Island. 

 Pelargonium australe Jacq. Motungarara Island, near Kapiti Island. 

 Eugenia inaire A. Cunn. In swampy parts, Wharekahu Bay, Kapiti Island. 

 Epilobium alsinioides A. Cunn. On cliffs, west side Kapiti Island. 

 Fuchsia excorticata Linn. f. Waterfall Creek, Kapiti Island. 

 Tetragouia trigyna Banks & Sol. Motungarara Island and Kapiti Island. 

 Daucus brachiatus Sieb. On coastal cliff- faces, Kapiti Island. 

 ( '<>/>, osnta lucida Forst. Waterfall Creek, Kapiti Island. 



- Cunninghainii Hook. f. Tokamapuna Island, near Kapiti Island. 

 rotundifolia Hook. f. Kapiti Island. 



- propinqua A. Cunn. Common oh Kapiti Island. 



- foetidissima Forst. On higher parts of Kapiti Island. 



- Colensoi Hook. f. In bush, Waterfall Creek, Kapiti Island. 

 Nertera setulosa Hook. f. Highest parts of grass uplands, Kapiti Island. 

 Galium umbrosum Sol. On western cliffs, Kapiti Island. 



Erechtites argu.ta D.C. Kapiti Island. 



- scaberula Hook. f. Motungarara Island, near Kapiti Island. 

 Senecio Kirhii Hook, f.' In high forest, Kapiti Island. 

 Wahlenbergia gracilis A. D.C. Kapiti Island. 



- saxicola A. D.C. Kapiti Island and Motungarara Island. 

 Olea lanceolata Hook. f. Waterfall Creek, Kapiti Island. 

 Dichondra brevifolia Buch. Motungarara Island and Kapiti Island. 

 Solanum nigrum Linn. Growing on beach, Kapiti Island. 



Veronica tnacroura Hook. f. var. Coolciana, Cheesem. Coastal parts Kapiti 

 Island. 

 parviflora Vahl. Edge of bush on high country, Kapiti Island. 



leiophylla Cheesem. Shores of Cook Strait, between Island Bay and 



Terawhiti. 

 M uehlenbeckia ephedrioides Hook. f. Cawthron Park, Nelson ; near Seatoun 



Heads, Wellington, Dr. L. Cockayne and B. C. A. 

 Litsaea calicaris Benth. & Hook. f. Te Kuiti, B. C. A. ; Mokau, E. P. Turner. 

 Knight ia excelsa R. Br. Wharekahu Bay, Kapiti Island. 



* The information relating to the Kapiti Island habitats was obtained during a 

 three days' visit to that island with Mr. E. Phillips Turner, F.R.G.S., in January, 1912. 

 To him and to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, our hosts, are my best thanks due for a most enjoy- 

 able excursion. Much help and enjoyment was derived on the island from a study 

 of the " Report on a Botanical Survey of Kapiti Island," by Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S. 

 (1907), who was, unfortunately, unable to visit a portion of the island for lack of a boat. 

 The time of his vi^it was October, and therefore rather early for recognizing many plants 

 with certainty. Our visit was in these respects more opportune. 



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