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flexa is only found at about the same elevation as the Drimys 

 just described, growing in the shelter of the manuka and Olearia 

 colensoi, on the bosses of moss and prostrate tree-trunks. It 

 blooms in November and December, but is easily overlooked, 

 as it is very slender, averages from 4 in. to 5 in. in height, and 

 its colour much the same as the cushions of moss on which it 

 grows. When fully matured the flowers show a purplish tint. 

 I have also found it growing on Mount Frederic, and across the 

 BuUer on Mount Buckland, at the same elevation. 



On the open stony places near the summit Celmisia lateralis 

 and a small form of Celmisia longifolia abound, and on the 

 edges of the dense patches of Olearia which border the bare 

 ground grow Forstera sedifolia, Euphrasia revoluta, and Ana- 

 gosperma dispermum. Ourisia macrocarpa blooms amongst 

 the conglomerate cliffs on the eastern face, and Ourisia tnacro- 

 phylla is plentiful around the waterfalls in the numerous gullies. 

 Coprosma colensoi and C. retusa are found in the fissures and 

 crevices of the crags below the trig, station, and in the same 

 sheltered niches the rare little grass Ehrarta thomsoni. Pime- 

 lea gnidia and P. longifolia, Epacris alpina, Archeria traversii, 

 Leucopogon fasciculatus, and Cyathodes acerosa are also abundant. 

 Ligusticum haastii and L. aromaticum, Senccio bellidioides, and 

 Drapetes dieffenbachii are plentiful, but you look in vain for 

 Veronicas with the exception of F. buxifolia, Aciphyllas, or any 

 varieties of Myosotis. No Raoulias excepting R. grandiflora, 

 and few varieties of Epilobium, occur. 



The Westport Coal Company's workings at Denniston and 

 Coalbrookdale are situated on Mount Eochfort, and back from 

 them and more to the eastward Mount William rises to an 

 elevation of 3,300 ft. I only climbed this mountain once, and 

 made no discoveries of any importance, only bringing back with 

 me Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium and Oreoholus puniilio. In 

 Cascade Creek, running at its base, I found Calceolaria repens 

 flowering amongst the drip from the rocks, and at Cedar Creek, 

 a neighbouring stream, I gathered Carex cockayniaiia. Near 

 the Iron Bridge workings, and also below in the gorge of the 

 Waimangaroa River, I found a new species of Dracophyllum 

 named Dracophyllum pubescens, Cheeseman. It grows on the 

 steep face of the rock, being often out of reach, and is a stout 

 much-branched plant with a procumbent habit, its leaves 

 acuminate and finely pubescent on both surfaces, and the flowers 

 in 3-5-flowered spikes. It is very local, for I have not met 

 with it in any other locality. 



^The Waimangaroa River divides Mount Rochfort from its 

 neighbour. Mount Frederic, a slightly higher mountain, but which 

 has not proved so good a field for botanical research. The track 



