BY J. H. MAIDEN. 



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Metrosideros iicrvulosa Q. Moore k F.v.M., a bush about 10 ft. 

 (foliage only); Coprosma pntida F.v.M. it Moore; Randia stipu- 

 laris Ch. Moore ck F.v.M.; Brachycome segmentosa F.v.M., about 

 600 feet below; Olearia Balli F.v.M.; Olearia Mooneyi F.v.M., 

 (tree 15 feet, up to 8 inches diameter); Senecio hisn/aris Bentli.; 

 TecomaaiLstro-cahdonica^uvm..] Neci7na rhabdotlunniioides F.v.M , 

 (about 10 feet; common on summit); Flantago Hedleyi, n.sp.; 

 Fiper excelsum Forst., (10 feet); Fxocarpns homocJada Ch. Moore 

 it F.v.M.; EJafostemmareticuJatumWQd()i.,{t\\\H, and the Plantago, 

 the only herbs growing on the summit); Dendrohium yracilicaule 

 F.v.M.; Luznlalongiflora Benth.; Clinostigma Mooreanum F.v.M., 

 together with ferns. 



Admiralty Islets. 



Mr. Hedley writes: — "Hemsley* notes the lack of information 

 on the flora of Ball's Pyramid and the Admiralty Islands. We 

 landed on the largest of the Admiralty Islands foi- the purpose 

 of gathering sea-birds' eggs. The flora proved uninteresting. 

 There are no trees, but a few shrubs, not in flower, clinging to the 

 steep north side. The southern slopes are set with scattered 

 grass-tussocks among which the Wideawakes [Sterna fuliginosa) 

 and Gannets [Snla cyanops) were laying their eggs. The grass 

 happened to be in flower. Among the tussocks trailed the New 

 Zealand Spinach and a Mesemhryanthemum. There was a salt- 

 bush, a giant sedge; and Sonchus oleraceus had established itself." 



The plants collected by Mr. Hedley on the Admiralty Islet 

 are : — Lepidnwi /oliositm Desv., Erechtites quadridentata DC, 

 Alesemhryanthemum cequilaferaleilEiw., Tetragonia expansa Murr., 

 (N.Z. Spinach), Cyperus hiematodes Endl., Foa cccspitosa For.st., 

 the common tussocky grass of the islands. 



The following species is deemed to be new : — 



PLANTAGINACE.E. 

 Plantago Hedleyi, n.sp. 

 Slopes of Mount Gower, April, 1898. Leaf only(J.H.M.). 

 " Common on rocky ledges on the crest of Mt. Gower, 2,8-iOft." 

 September, 1908 (C. Hedley and W\ S. Dun). 



* Annals of Botany, x., p.'230(1896). 



