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Botanic-ally the trip may be considered very satisfactory, as the plants 

 noted cover 225 species and forty-five orders. Mr. D. Petrie has kindly 

 looked through my material, from which, in another place, he is describing 

 no less than five new species, named as follows : Euphrasia australis (Petrie), 

 Aciphylla pinnatifida (Petrie), Gentiana flaccida (Petrie), Olearia Croshy- 

 Smithiana (Petrie), Danthonia (?) harhata (Petrie). These are all very dis- 

 tinct. Euphrasia australis has creamy-yellow flowers. Aciphylla pinnati- 

 fida is far removed from any other New Zealand species, and would appear 

 to be almost unique. Olearia Crosby-Smithiana Mr. Petrie considers " one 

 of the most distinct species of the genus," nearest perhaps to 0. lacunosa, 

 having very narrow linear leaves with a besom-like habit of growth, 6-15 in. 

 high. The Danthonia (?) cannot be described till flowers are procured ; 

 but its strong characteristic is that all the leaves are densely ciliate, giving 

 the appearance of being barbed. Of other plants, some are very rare, as, for 

 instance, Cehnisia Traversii, the most beautiful of all the Celmisias, which 

 is the first discovery of this plant to the south of Lake Tennyson. 



Until flowering specimens are obtained, the species of several other 

 plants win have to be left in abeyance, as, for instance, the plant put down 

 temporarily as Aristotelia (?) fruticosa probably does not belong to this genus 

 at all. 



There yet remains much work to be done in the Hauroko district, or the 

 country between Lake Monowai and Long Sound, and the botanist who 

 undertakes it will, I am sure, meet with a rich reward. 



List of Plants collected. 



Ranunculaceae. Tiliaceae. 



Ranunculus Lyallii. End Peak and ' Aristotelia {^ fruticosa. End Peak ; 



Hump, 

 sp. End Peak. 

 Buchanani. Hump. 

 ternatifolius. End Peak. 

 Clematis indivisa. Common. 



Magnoliaceae. 

 Drimys colorata. Common. 



Cruciferae 



Cardamine hirsuta, var. deb His. 

 Common. 

 depressa. Lake flat. 



Violaceae. 



Viola Cunninghamii. End Peak. 

 Lyallii. Hump. 



Pittosporaceae. 



Pittosporum Colensoi. Common. 

 tenui folium,. Common. 

 eugenioides. Common. 



rare ; 2,500 ft. 

 racemosa. Common. 



Geraniaceae. 

 Geranium microphyllwn. Lake flat. 



Coriariaceae. 

 Coriaria thymilifolia. End Peak and 

 Hump. 

 angustissinia. End Peak and 



Hump. 

 ruscifolia. Common. 



Leguminosae. 

 Carmichaelia sp. End Peak. 

 Sophora tetraptera. Common. 



Bosaceae. 

 Geuni parviflorum. End Peak and 



Hump. 

 Acaena Sanguisorbae. Common. 

 Rubus australis. Common. 

 schmidelioides. Common. 



