540 Transactions. — Botany. 



Plants erroneously recorded by Various Authors as 



HAVING BEEN COLLECTED IN THE OtAGO DISTRICT. 



Eauunculus areolatus, Petrie. — Scraps of the Scandinavian 

 B. 'pygmcBUs, Wahl. (mixed with fragments of R. rivularis, 

 Banks and Sol.), said to have been collected at Lake 

 Wakatipu, were given to Mr. Petrie, who described them 

 under this name. 



Carmichaelia australis, B. Br. — Not found south of the Marl- 

 borough district. 



Carmichaelia odorata, Col. Some other species must have 

 been mistaken for this. 



Metrosideros scandens, Banks and Sol. — Included in Bu- 

 chanan's list, but has not been seen in Otago of late years, 

 although reported from the Auckland Islands. 



Azorella reniformis, Benth. and Hook. f. — I am indebted to 

 Mr. Petrie for specimens of the Otago plant so named by 

 him, which must be referred to A. haastii, Hook. f. The 

 stipules of the Otago plant are ciliate, while those of 

 A. reniformis are acute, and quite entire ; the fruits of 

 A. haastii are usually shorter than the pedicels, while 

 those of A. reniformis usually exceed the pedicels. I fell 

 into exactly the same mistake with a form of A. haastii 

 from the Spencer Mountains. 



Ligusticum acutifolium, T. Kirk. — This has only been found 

 on the Snares, which are outside the district. 



Pseudopanax lessonii, G. Koch. — Buchanan's specimen, named 

 Panax lessonii in the "Herbarium of the Otago Museum," 

 is a narrow-leafed form of Panax colensoi, Hook. f. 



Veronica carnea, /. B. Armst. — A garden plant of unknown 

 origin, certainly not indigenous in New Zealand. 



Pimelea urvilleana, A. Bich. — Probably a clerical error. 



Libocedrus doniana, Endlich. — Evidently a slip of the pen for 

 L. bidwillii, Hook./. 



Potamogeton heterophyllus, Schreb. — The name occurs in 

 Lindsay's list, the young state of P. cheesemanii having 

 been mistaken for it. 



Carex neesiana, Endlich. — Has not been found in New Zea- 

 land, C. solandri being usually mistaken for it. 



Stipa teretifolia, Steudel. {Dichelachne stipoides, Hook. f.). — 

 Doubtless a clerical error, as the plant is not found south 

 of Poverty Bay. 



