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ubiquitous. The principal of them will therefore have now to be briefly 
considered*in three separate divisions, viz., (1.) Plants common to the 
whole North Island; (2) Plants (unenumerated as to area or zone) not 
found in the south parts of the island; and (3) Plants (also unenumerated 
as to area or zone) not found in the north parts of the island. 
(1.) Plants common to the whole North Island. 
Among these the following may be noticed :—Cardamine hirsuta, in 
all soils and situations, to the altitude of 2,500 feet; Eleocarpus dentatus ; 
Aristotelia racemosa, Alectryon excelsum; Dodone@a viscosa; Pelargonium 
clandestinum, from the sea coast to 2,000 feet; Oxalis corniculata, in 
all soils from the sea to 2,000 feet; O. magellanica, from 500 to 5,000 
feet; Edwardsia grandiflora, in all soils from the sea t6 2,500 feet; 
Coriaria ruscifolia, in all soils (but not in woods) from the sea to 3,000 feet ; 
Rubus australis, in all soils from the sea to 2,500 feet ; deena sanguisorbe, in 
all soils from the sea to 3,000 feet ; Fuchsia excorticata, from the coast to 
2,000 feet ; Epilobium nummularifolium and E. rotundifolium, ascending to 
3,500 feet; E. alsinoides, junceum, and pubens, to 1,000 feet; Leptospermum 
scoparium, in all soils from the sea to 3,000 feet ; Coprosma lucida, grandifolia 
robusta, and tenuicaulis; Nertera depressa; Brachyglottis repanda; Sonchus 
oleraceus, everywhere; Wahlenbergia gracilis, from the sea to 3000 feet; 
Gaultheria antipoda from the coast to 3,000 feet ; Ayam anieri, — 
anddivaricata; Olea cunninghamii; Parsonsia,sp.; S 
from the sea to 1,500 feet ; Veronica salicifolia, from the sea to 2,500 dest; 
Mentha cunninghamii, dii) to 500 feet; JVesodaphne tawa, from 500 to 
2,000 feet; Atherosperma nove-zealandie, from near the coast to 1,500 feet ; 
Hedycarya dentata, Knightia excelsa, Pimelea prostrata, and P. urvilleana, 
from the coast to 1,000 feet ; Podocarpus ferruginea from near the coast to 
3,000 feet ; P. spicata, from 500 to 2,500 feet ; P. totara, from the sea coast to 
3,000 feet; P. dacrydioides, from the coast to nearly 1,000 feet; Dacrydium 
cupressinum, from 500 to 2,500 feet ; Phyllocladus trichomanoides, ascending 
to 3,000 feet. The Orchideous genera, Earina, Dendrobium, Bolbophyllum, 
Thelymitra, Microtis, and Acianthus. Phormium tenaz, and P. colensoi and 
their varieties, in all soils and situations, from the sea coast to 4,000 feet ; 
Cordyline australis, in all soils and situations, from the coast to 3,000 feet ; 
Areca sapida, from 200 to 1,500 feet; Rhipogonum parviflorum, in woods, 
from coast to 2,000 feet; Arundo conspicua, in all soils and situations, from : 
the coast to 2,500 feet; Cyathea medullaris and OC. dealbata, from 200 to 
2,000 feet; Dicksonia squarrosa, from 500 to 1,500 feet; Hymenophyllum 
multifidum, dilatatum, polyanthos, and demissum ; Trichomanes reniforme, and 
JT. venosum; Pteris esculenta, in all soils not wholly wet, from the coast to 
