526 Transactions. —Botany. 
Montia fontana, Linn. Doubtful. The nearest habitat for this plant is 
fully 250 miles further south in the Taupo country. 
Potentilla anserina, Linn. The same remarks apply, and additionally it has 
not been previously found north of Auckland Isthmus. 
Metrosideros albiflora, Banks and Sol. Quite unexpected at so low an altitude 
in the north, as anything to be found on the Kawau does not occur 
at Cape Colville and Manaia under 1,500 feet at least. à 
Eryngium vesiculosum, Labill. Not known in an indigenous state north of 
the East Cape. I have seen it cultivated at Matakana. 
Lomaria elongata, Blume, and Lomaria alpina, Spreng. Certainly not 
indigenous to Kawau. 
Lomaria banksii, Hook., fil. Extremely rare and local north of Waikato. 
Doodia caudata, Br. Doubtfully indigenous in Kawau. 
Asplenium umbrosum, J. Sm. Doubtfully indigenous in Kawau. 
Scirpus triqueter, Linn. On my last visit to Hokianga, May and June, 1876, 
I made special search in that locality, the Wairoa, Kaihu, Bay of 
Islands, ete., for this plant, but without success. It is extremely 
rare in the Auckland district; the most northern habitat known to 
me being Shortland. I do not think Juncus lamprocarpus occurs 
north of the Wellington district. It certainly would not be found on 
Kawau unless it also occurred on the adjacent islands or the main- 
land, from all of which it is absent. 
Galium tenuicaule, A. Cunn. I doubt the occurrence of this plant north of 
the Auckland Isthmus. 
Craspedia fimbriata, D.C. Certainly not indigenous on Kawau. 
Gnaphalium filicaule, Hook., fil. Certainly not indigenous on Kawau. 
Erechtites prenanthoides, D.C. Not found on adjacent mainland or outlying 
islands. 
Prasophyllum colensoi, Hook., fil. Not found on adjaeent mainland or out- 
lying islands. 
Juncus vaginatus, Br. Is this not mistaken for some form of J. australis, Br. ? 
The J. vaginatus of my Great Barrier list is certainly nothing more 
than an open-panicled form of J. australis. Still, true J. vaginatus 
ocurs on Motutapu, where I think it attains its northern limit. 
Juncus nove zealandie, Hook., fil. Certainly not indigenous on Kawau. 
Isolepus aucklandica, Hook., fil. Certainly not indigenous on Kawau. 
Gahnia procera, Forst. (Query? G. paciflora, Kirk, MS., is plentiful in 
Kawau.) 
Uncinia cespitosa, Boott. Query ? 
rubra, Boott. Certainly not indigenous on Kawau. 
Deschampsia caspitosa, Pal. Certainly not indigenous on Kawau. 
