184 Transactions. 



Thelymitra ixioides Swz. 



This has been gathered by Mr. J . H. Harvey at Taumarere, Bay of 

 Islands. 



Thelymitra decora Cheesem. 



Taumarere, Bay of Islands ; J . H. Harvei/ ! Tirau, Upper Thames 

 Valley : T. F. C. 



Corysanthes Matthewsii Cheesem. 



Mossy slopes in shaded localities near Fairburn, Mangonui County ; 

 H. Carse ! Aponga, Whangarei County; A. Thompson. 



LXXXII. LiLIACEAE. 



Cordyline australis Hook. f. 



A sptecimen measured by Mr. E. Phillips Turner at Turangaarere was 

 15 ft. in circumference at a height of 4 ft. above the ground. 



LXXXIV. Palmaceae. 

 Rhopalostylis sapida Wendl. & Drude. 



Another remarkable instance of a branched nikau-palm has been brought 

 under my notice by Mr. J. R. Lambert, of Towai, Bay of Islands. It was 

 disooyered by Mr. A. Ingster in the Ramarama Valley, near Towai, and 

 has no less than seven well-developed branches. 



Mr. P. G. Morgan, of the Geological Survey, has supplied me with some 

 interesting information respecting the present southern limit of the nikau 

 in Westland. From particulars obtained from some of the oldest settlers 

 it appears that the 7nost southerly station was near the New River, about 

 eight miles south of Greymouth. In this locality it has been destroyed by 

 the spread of settlement, but it still exists, although in small quantity, at 

 Nelson Creek, about four miles south of Greymouth. North of the Grey 

 River, Mr. Morgan states from his own observations that it is still fairly 

 plentiful on both the eastern and western slopes of the Rapahoi or Twelve 

 Apostles Range, which runs northwards from Greymouth to Point Elizabeth. 

 In this locality it ascends to an elevation of from 700 ft. to 800 ft. North- 

 wards of Point Elizabeth it is comparatively abundant along and near the 

 ■coast, and is in no immediate danger of disappearance through the spread 

 of settlement and cultivation. 



XCI. Cyperaoeae. 

 Mariscus ustulatus C. B. Clarke. 



Miss Chase informs me that this occurs in small quantity in Half-moon 

 Bay, Stewart Island. It is not mentioned in Dr. Cockayne's list of the 

 flora of the island. 



Uncinia caespitosa Boott. 



Hilly forests near Kaitaia. Mangonui County; H. Carse .^ The most 

 northern locality yet recorded. 



XCII. (Jramineae. 

 Paspalum Digitaria Poir. 



Mr. Carse informs me that this is spi'eading rapidly in the Fairburn- 

 Kaitaia district. No doubt it is a comparatively recent immigrant. 



