522 Transactions. — Botany. 



Coprosma solandri, n.s. Much branched, branches stout, 

 obscurely tetragonous, rigid ; branchlets numerous, short, 

 erect; bark whitish, setose. Leaves sessile, very coria- 

 ceous, linear-lanceolate, about Jin. long, ^^in. broad, acute 

 or apiculate, sparsely ciliate, laxly imbricating, erect, mid- 

 rib sunk on both surfaces. Stipules setose, ciliate, loosely 

 sheathing. Flowers not seen. Fruit solitary, terminal ; 

 involucel of two short leaves with dilated bases, globose- 

 ovoid, yV^- ^o r&^^- ^o^^g> the persistent calyx-lobes acute, 

 ciliate, connivent. East Cape district. Herb. Banks. Appa- 

 rently related to G. linariifolia and G. colensoi, but its affini- 

 ties cannot be precisely indicated in the absence of flowers. 



Coprosma cuneata. Hook. f. Mount Hiteurangi : Colenso. 



Nertera dichondraefolia, Hook. f. J. B. Lee ! 

 „ cunninghamii, Hook./. W. L. W. ! 



Galium tenuicaule, A. Gunn. Banks and Sol. ! 

 „ umbrosum, Forst. 



Composite. 



Olearia colensoi. Hook. f. Hikurangi : Colenso ; S, Dodg- 

 shun ! The northern limit of this species. 

 „ furfuracea, Hook. f. W. L. W. ! 

 „ nitida. Hook. f. J. B. Lee ! The northern limit of 



the species. 

 „ ilicifolia, Hook. f. W. L. W. ! The northern limit of 



the species. 

 „ cunninghamii, Hook. f. W. L. W. ! 

 - „ forsteri, Hook. f. W. L. W. ! The northern limit of 

 the species. 

 „ solandri. Hook. f. Banks and Sol. ! 

 Celmisia incana, Hook. f. Hikurangi : Colenso ; S. Dodg- 

 shun ! 

 „ spectabilis. Hook. f. Hikurangi : Colenso ; S Dodg- 



shun ! The northern limit of the species. 

 „ longifolia, Gass. W. L. W. ! 

 Vittadinia australis, A. Rich. Banks and Sol. ! 

 Lagenophora forsteri, DG. Banks and Sol. ! 

 Siegesbeckia orientalis, L. Banks and Sol. As this was col- 

 lected by Banks and Solander, it has evidently fair claim 

 to be considered indigenous. 

 Bidens pilosa, L. 

 Cotula coronopifolia, L. 

 Craspedia fimbriata, DG. S. Dodgshun. 

 Cassinia retorta, A. Gunn. Banks and Sol. ! 



fulvida, Hook. f. W. L. W. ! 

 Helichrysum, glomeratum, Benth. and Hook. f. 

 Helichrysum bellidioides. Hook. f. Mount Hikurangi: 

 S. Dodgshun. ! 



