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11. Myrtace^e. 



15. Metrosideros polymorpha, Forst. 



Sunday Island ; the most abundant tree, occurring from 

 sea-level to the summit of the highest hills. Lord Howe's 

 Island, and in many parts of Polynesia, extending as far 

 north as the Sandwich Islands. Apparently not found in 

 Norfolk Island. 



12. CuCURBITACEiE. 



16. Sicyos angulatus, L. 



Plentiful in the lower portions of Sunday Island, and of 

 very luxuriant growth, climbing to the tops of the trees. 

 It also creeps over the ground, and is a great nuisance in 

 the cultivations, on account of the rapidity of its growth. 

 New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, Australia, 

 America. 



Ficoide^e. 



17. Mesembryanthemum australe, Sol. 



Shores of Sunday, Macaulay, and Curtis Islands ; abun- 

 dant. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, 

 Australia. 



18. Tetragonia eccpansa, Murr. 



Shores of Sunday and Macaulay Islands ; plentiful. New 

 Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, Australia, 

 Japan, extra- tropical South America. 



19. Tetragonia trigyna, Banks and Sol. 



Cliffs on the north side of Sunday Island ; not common. 

 New Zealand, and also Australia and Tasmania, if it is 

 identical with T. implexicoma, Hk. f., as seems probable. 



14. Umbellifer.e. 



20. Hydrocotyle mOschata, Forst. 



Moist places on Sunday Island ; plentiful. New Zealand. 



21. Apium a asl ral<\ Thou. 



Shores of Sunday Island ; not rare. New Zealand, Lord 

 Howe's Island, Australia, Tasmania, Antarctic America. 



15. Araliace.e. 



22. Panax arboreum, Forst. 



Sunday Island ; common towards the tops of the hills. 

 New Zealand. 



16. EuBIACEiE. 



23. Coprosma baueriana, Endl. 



Eastern shore of Sunday Island; not common. New 

 Zealand, Norfolk Island. 



