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Ajwcynacecp . 



Parsonsia heterophylla, A. C'unn. Common, sea-level to 1,500 ft. 

 ,, capsularis, R. Br. Thinlv distributed over the district. 



Gentianece. 



Gentiand townsoni, Cheesem., n. sp. Abundant on pakiMs, and 



reaching an elevation of 2,500 ft. 

 montana, Forst. Mount Rochfort, 3.000 ft. : Mount 



Lyell, from 3.000-4.000 ft. 

 montana, var. stolonifera. Mount Frederic, Mount 



Rochfort, and Paparoas ; from 2,000-4.000 ft. 

 jjattda, Cheesem., n. sp. Mount Kelvin. Mount Mantell, 



Mount Owen ; altitude, from 2.000-4,000 ft. 

 hellidifolia. Hook. f. Brunner Range : from 3,000- 



5,000 ft. 

 spenceri, T. Kirk. Mount Frederic, Mount Rochfort, 



Paparoas ; from 1,500-3,500 ft. 

 saxosa, Forst. Only found on rocks at Charleston, 



slightly above sea-level. 

 Liparophyllum gunnii, Hook. f. Not uncommon on the peaty 



bogs on the pakihis, ascending to 3,000 ft. on 



the mountains. 



Boraginacece. 



Myosotis antarctica. Hook. f. Boundary Peak ; from 4,000- 

 5,000 ft. 

 australis, R. Br. Mount Mantell ; from 4,000-5,000 ft. 

 „ forsteri, Lehm. Not uncommon. 



townsoni, Cheesem., n. sp. Brunner Range ; far from 

 abundant; 3,000-4,500 ft. 

 „ concinna, Cheesem. Plentiful on BuUer face of Mount 

 Owen ; altitude, from 3,000-4,500 ft. 



Convolvulacec^. 



Calystegia sepium, R. Br. Abundant throughout the district. 



,, soldanella, R. Br. Abundant on sandhills and shingle- 



banks along the coast. 

 Dichondra repens, Forst. Abundant. 



„ brevifolia, Buch. On shingle beach at Granity Creek. 



SolanacecB. 



Solanum nigrum, L. Common. 



„ avicidare, Forst. Abundant on margins of forests. 

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