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some abundance, and on a shingle-slide on the eastern face I 

 was pleased to find Banunculus lyallii in bloom. In my many 

 excursions amongst the other peaks, in this chain I never found 

 this plant growing again, but it may occur on the Greymouth 

 end of the range. Euphrasia cochayniana and E. revoluta are 

 not uncommon, and there are many patches of Donatia novcB- 

 zealandice on the higher slopes. My last experience on this 

 mou)itain was not a very pleasant one, as my companion and 

 myself became enveloped in dense fog, and the narrow saddle 

 by which we could gain the clear country was not to be picked 

 up, and consequently we had to spend the night on the rocky 

 peak, fireless and half - perished, and were obliged to tramp 

 up and down a shelf of rock all through the night, as there was 

 no shelter of any sort. We walked for thirty-one consecutive 

 hours on that expedition, but experienced no bad results from 

 the exposure. 



The next mountain in the chain is Mount Kelvin, which over- 

 tops its neighbours by nearly 1,000 ft. Here Aciphylla hookeri 

 and A. townsoni grow in profusion, A. colensoi being plentiful 

 in the valleys between the spurs, whilst the two former affect 

 the dry slopes. Celmisia armstrongii and C coriacea star the 

 meadows over, and amongst the rocks Senecio lyallii in places 

 whitens the surface. One noticeable feature regarding these 

 flowers is the colouring, for on the Paparoa Range, where they 

 grow so freely, I have never found a specimen of Senecio lyallii 

 or its variety scorzoneroides other than pure white. Gnaphalium 

 grandiceps mats over some of the dry rocks, and Coprosina 

 serrulata and Carex forsteri are found on the banks of the rills 

 and in spots that are sheltered. I have gathered Geranium 

 microphyllum at an elevation of 4,000 ft. Ehrharta colensoi, 

 Danthonia raoulii, and D. australis grow in abundance, the 

 last-named being popularly called " carpet- grass," and rendering 

 the surface of the steep spurs very slippery indeed. On one 

 occasion after scaling this peak a party of us got belated, and as 

 the country was too rough to attempt travelling in the dark 

 we were obliged to camp in the bed of the Totara River, and 

 make the best of it until daylight appeared, when we resumed our 

 march. 



Mount Faraday is the next important peak in the Paparoas, 

 and I approached it by way of the Four- mile River, as a good 

 track follows the river to within a short distance of the foot of 

 the mountain. On the side of the track I gathered Mazus 

 radicans, and, where it crossed a small swamp, Centrolepis viridis. 

 I camped for the night in company with Mr. Boswell in a bush- 

 feller's tent, and from there on the following day we made a 

 successful ascent of the mountain. In the subalpine scrub on 



