166 Transactions. — Botany. 



Catalogue of Ph^enogamic Plants and Ferns inhabiting the 



Kermadec Islands. 

 (Species new to the New Zealand Flora marked with an asterisk.) 



1. Grucifer^e. 



1. Cardamine sty losa, D.C. 



Open gullies on Macaulay Island ; not uncommon. Not 

 seen on Sunday Island. New Zealand, Australia, Tas- 

 mania. 



2. VlOLARXEiE. 



2. Melicytus ramijiorus, Forst. 



Plentiful on Sunday Island, especially on the rich volcanic 

 terraces on the northern side of the island. New Zealand, 

 Norfolk Island. 



8. PrrTospoRE-E. 



3. Pittosporum crassifolium, Banks and Sol. 



A few trees scattered along the northern shore of Sunday 

 Island. New Zealand. 



4. GERANIACEiE. 



4. Geranium, dissectum , L., var. pilosum. 



Cliffs on the northern shore of Sunday Island ; not com- 

 mon. Temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



5. Geranium molle, L. 



In various places on Sunday Island, but perbaps natu- 

 ralised only. New Zealand, Tasmania, Europe, N. Africa, 

 W. Asia. 



6. Oralis corniculata, L. 



Common on both Sunday Island and Macaulay Island. 

 New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, Aus- 

 tralia, and most parts of the world. 



5. Rutace.e. 



7. Melicope ternata, Forst. 



Sunday Island ; plentiful. Foliage and capsules much 

 larger than in New Zealand examples, and the plant migbt 

 be appropriately distinguished under the name of var. 

 grandis. New Zealand. 



6. Anacardiace/E. 



8. Corynorar/iiis h/riyata, Forst. 



Plentiful in all the lower portions of Sunday Island. 

 New Zealand. 



