122 A NEW ZEALAND NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



specimens of the tortuous Plagianthus divamcatris to be 

 found in this neighbourhood. 



I could go on multiplying this list were it not that the 

 mere iteration of technical names, which are the only ones 

 we often have to designate our plants by, becomes 

 tiresome. Those referred to, as well as some others not 

 specified, were formerly common hereabouts, but have now 

 disappeared wholly or partially, though still common 

 enough in many other parts of Otago. They have shared 

 the fate of the Kaka and native Pigeon, which cannot 

 exist near the busy haunts of men. 



