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Carex comans, Berggren. 



(1.) Wet ground near roadside, Diamond Lake, Otago. 

 (2.) Near shore of Foveaux Strait, base of Bluff Hill, South- 

 land. (3.) Meadow of Centre Island, Foveaux Strait ; very 

 common. 



Carex comans, Bergg., var. Cheesemanni (Petrie), Kiik. 

 Wet ground near Lake Brunner, Westland. 



Carex petriei, Cheeseman, var. suberostris, Kiik. 



(Herb. L. Cockayne, 1531) : Growing amongst moss in 

 running water, Mount Earnslaw, Otago; altitude, 1,250m. 



Carex pseudocyperus, L. 



In running water, valley of Little Kowhai, base of Mount 

 Tori esse. 



Carex darwinii, Boott, var. urolepis (Franch), Kiik. 



Lowland swamp near Lake Huro, Chatham Island. This 

 plant has not been previously recorded for the New Zealand 

 biological region, and forms another link between the floras of 

 New Zealand and South America ; it, according to Kiikenthal, 

 having up to the present only been known as occurring in 

 Patagonia. 



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Carex dissita, Sol., var. neesiana (Endl.), Kiik. 



Chatham Island, but exact station uncertain. Probably 

 the G. lambertiana of Buchanan's list (I.e.). 



Carex litorosa, Bailey. 



fcea-shore, Broad Bay, South Westland. 



Liliace^;. 

 Astel petriei, Cockayne. 



Subalpine meadow, Mount Torlesse Kange. This habitat 

 is here given because the plant is essentially one of the wet 

 western region, being particularly common in the alpine 

 meadows of Westland. 



Amakyllidace^;. 

 Hypoxis pusilla, Hook. f. 



Abundant on the stony plain near West Melton, Canter- 

 bury Plain. 



Fagace^. 



Nothofagus menziesii (Hook, f.), Oerst. 



Occurring gregariously in the Nothofagus cliffortioides 

 forest, and can be recognised at a distance by its colour and 

 form. Junction Hill and Poulter Mountains, near source of 

 River Poulter. 



