366 Transactions. — Botany. 



matter which is of sufficient importance to receive separate 

 treatment. 



CATALOGUE OP THE FLOWERING - PLANTS AND FERNS 

 OBSERVED IN THE DISTRICT BETWEEN MANGONUI 

 AND THE NORTH CAPE. 



Eanunculace^ . 



Clematis indivisa, Willd. Not uncommon throughout the 

 district. 



Clematis fcetida, Eaoul. Ahipara. 



Clematis parviflora, A. Cunn. Ahipara. 



Banunmdus pleheius, E. Br. Abundant throughout the dis- 

 trict. 



Banunculus rivularis, Banks and Sol. Common in wet 

 swamps. 



Banunculus acaulis, Banks and Sol. Brackish- water marshes 

 and moist sandy shores, plentiful. 



Crucifee^. 

 Nasturtiiim palustre, DC. Vicinity of Mangonui. 

 Lepidium oleraceum, Forst. Cliffs near the North Cape. 

 Cardamine hirsuta, L. Not uncommon. 



VlOLAEIE^. 



Melicytus ramiflorus, Forst. Common. 



Hymenanthcra latifolia, Endl. Coast near Chora ; Puke- 



karea ; near Tapotopoto Bay ; between Tom Bowline's Bay 



and Hooper's Point. 



PlTTOSPOEE^. 



Pittos'povum tenuifolium, Geertn. Abundant throughout the 



district. 

 Pittosporum pimeleoides, A. Cunn. North Cape extreme. 

 Plttospormn reflexum, E. Cunn. Between Mangonui and Flat 



Head. 

 Pittosporum iimhellatum, Gsertn. Mangonui Harbour, and 



coast between Mangonui and Whangaroa; Spirits Bay, 

 Pittosporum virgatum, Kirk. Coast between Mangonui and 



Whangaroa. 

 Pittosporum crassifoUum, Sol. Coast between Mangonui and 



Whangaroa. 

 Pittosporum cornifolium, A. Cunn. Vicinity of Mangonui. 



Caeyophylle^ . 

 Stellaria parviflora, Banks and Sol. Vicinity of Mangonui. 

 Golobanthus hillardieri, Fenzl. Eeported from Ohora by Mr. 



Buchanan. I failed to find it. 

 Spergularia rubra, Presl. North Cape. 



