Cockayne. — So?ne flifhei-to-urirecorded Flaiit-hahitafs. 253 



Celmisia Mackaui Raoul. 



South Island : Canterbury — Hilla at the back of Akaroa, on rocks at 

 or near summits : also on rock at 210 m. altitude, and on cliff at Fisher- 

 man's Bay at sea-level. A. Gray ! 



These habitats are "iven not because they are new, strictly speaking, 

 but because the species liad not been noted for many years, nor was any 

 published account available of its life-conditions. Mr. A. Gray. B.A., to 

 whom I am much indebted for the trouble he has taken, writes me as 

 follows : "It is seldom met with except in places quite inaccessible to 

 stock. The only exception I have noticed is when it was growing in a very 

 wet place amongst flax, &c., at the head of Stone Bay. In the swamp it 

 was a much bigger plant than when found in the crevices of the rocks." 



Celmisia mollis Cockayne. 



This plant was noted in my plant-habitat paper No. VII as collected by 

 Mr. W. Willcox on " mountains near Hanmer." This year I found several 

 specimens in the same district on Mount Charon, and growing in company 

 with C. S'pectabilis and C. Traversii. I have already (Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vol. 44, p. 31) suggested a hybrid origin for the plant, and the above 

 occurrence is very suggestive in this regard. The type plant from Arthur s 

 Pass would, however, be of different, though ecologically similar, parentage 

 — viz., C. spectabilis x C. petiolata. The Mount Charon plant is growling 

 well in my garden. 



Celmisia Monroi Hook. f. 



South Island: (1.) Marlborough — On rock, Upper Awatere Valley; 

 Foweraker and L. C. (2.) Nelson — Tarndale Mountain and St. Arnaud 

 Mountains ; Foweraker and L. C. 



This species has much narrower and somewhat thinner leaves than 

 C. coriacea, but they vary considerably in breadth, the narrowest noted 

 being 10 mm. broad by 22-5 cm. long. Perhaps 18 mm. would be the 

 average breadth. On Mount Fyffe I noted what may be the same species, 

 but the leaves were extremely thin. I am of opinion that the Mount Cook 

 plants included in his description of the species by Cheeseman (Manual, 

 p. 313) and recently described by Petrie under the name C. Boweaita 

 (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 44, p. 182) do not belong to C. Monroi. 



Celmisia spectabilis Hook. f. 



South Island : Canterbury — Mount Oxford. J. E. Holloway ! 



Clematis afoliata" Buchanan. 



South Island : Marlborough — Awatere Valley, in montane belt. 

 Foweraker and L. C. 



Clematis marata J. B. Armstrong. 



South Island : Marlborough — Robinson Creek, Inland Kaikoura Moun- 

 tains, at 1,000 m. altitude. Foweraker and L. C. 



Convolvulus fracto-saxosa Petrie sp. nov. 



South Island : Marlborough — Shingle-slip on Inland Kaikoura Moun- 

 tains. Foweraker and L. C. 



Coprosma Banksii Petrie. 



South Island : Southland — Nothojayus MevziesU forest, Takitimu 

 Mountains. L. C. 



