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Hamittox,—On Plants collected at Okarito, Westland. 435 
K. monocephala has a wide range, It is found in the warmer parts of 
Australia, and is abundant in the Fiji, Tongan, Samoan, and Society 
Islands, and elewhere in Polynesia, It also ranges through tropical Asia 
and Africa, and probably through a considerable portion of America, Iam 
not aware that it occurs in Europe, 
Art, LXIX.—List of Plants collected in the District of Okarito, Westland. 
By A. Hamrox, 
(Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 11th January, 1879.) 
Tus area over which the following plants were collected may be defined as 
- lying between the Waitaki and the Waiho rivers, and extending back to the 
foot of the ranges. I mnch regret that I was unable to devote any time to 
the Alpine flora, the highest point on which I collected being a short dis- 
tance up the Francis Joseph Glacier. Most of the specimens were collected 
on the shores of the lagoon, which extends from Commissioner’s Point to 
the town of Okarito, and round whieh are found many plants of interest, 
many of them apparently very local. The only place where I found Hymeno- 
phyllum minimum was on the rocks round Commissioner’s Point, and H, 
armstrongii, and Lycopodium ramulosum appeared confined to a small cluster 
of gullies at the back of the town. Ferns were most plentiful in the low 
damp bush at the head of lake Mapourika and on the line of the Okarito- 
Bowen Road, above the forks of the Okarito river, the most attractive being 
the magnificent Leptopteris superba. Although cattle have now been for 
some years in the bush, the general character of the vegetation is unaltered. 
Mr. Kirk has very kindly identified my specimens, a list of which is 
subjoined, and I trust that at some future day it may be supplemented with 
a more complete one, as I was compelled to leave the best parts of the 
district unvisited. The collection was made in 1877. 
RANUNCULACEX. 
Clematis peo A. Cunn., var. 
rilobat 
hex zaspala, DO. 
Ranunculus rivularis, Banks and Bol. 
uitans 
subscaposus, Hook. f. 
hirtus, Banks and 
Sol. 
CRUCIFERÆ. 
Cardamine hirsuta, L. 
Lepidium... 2 
TM vilicaulis, Hoo 
Melicytus ramiflorus, Forst. 
CaRYOPHYLLACE 
Spergularia rubra, Pirs., var. marina. 
* Silene poe 
* Cerastium visco 
* Polycarpon tetr ptu. L. 
PorTULACER. 
Montia pan, L, 
