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Dkosera pygm^a, DC. — Bluff Hill ; collected by T. Kirk and 



B. C. Aston. 

 CoROKiA coTONEASTER, Eaoul. — Not uncommon in the E., S., 



and C. Dunedin ; Otepopo ; Kaitangata and up Clutha 



Valley to head of lakes ; Tapanui ; Te Anau ; Bluff. 

 Teucridium parvifolium, Hook. f. — NearOaraaru; Otepopo; 



Bendigo and Queensberry (in gullies) ; Balclutha. A rare 



and local plant. 

 Lebina minor, L. — Common in still, fresh waters. 

 Triglochin triandrum, Michaux. — Common in wet grounds 



near the sea. 

 Triglochin palustre, L. — Near Black's, in a small boggy 



spot. 

 PoTAMOGETON POLYGGNiFGLius, Pourr. — Catlin's ; Waipahi. 

 Potamogeton pectinatus, L. — Lake Waihola, and still 



waters of Taieri Plain. 

 Potamogeton ochreatus, Eaoul. — Waipahi Eiver. 

 Potamogeton cheesemanii, Bennett. — Common in most 



parts of the district. 

 Cordyline iNDivisA, Hook. f. — Mr. H. J. Matthews informs 



me that this is plentiful at Dusky Sound. 

 Utricularia monanthos, Hook, f., should appear instead of 



U. colensoi on page 571 ;* and 

 Epilobium elegans, sp. nov., instead of E. gracilipes, T 



Kirk, on page 551. My thanks are due to Mr. Kirk for a 



specimen of his E. gracilipes, which has enabled me to 



detect my mistake in identifying my plant with his. 



Art. XXXVI. — Note on Gunnera ovata, Petrie. 

 By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S. 



[Read before the Auckland Institute, 7th September, 1896.] 



In volume xxvii. of the "Transactions of the New Zealand 

 Institute" (pp.344, et seq.), Mr. T. Kirk, F.L.S., refers my 

 Gunnera ovata to Gunnera flavida, Colenso, and separates 

 from the former what he takes to be a distinct species, and 

 describes under the name G. mixta. I am unable to accept 

 Mr. Kirk's view that my G. ovata is identical with Colenso's 

 G. flavida. The latter plant is described by the author of the 

 species as having " fleshy drupes," a character that is quite 



* Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxviii. 



