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4. Hymenanthera crassifolia (Hook, f.), var. 
A densely-branched, almost leafless, tortuous shrub, 2-8 feet high, with 
the habit of a Discaria, forming an impenetrable bush. Leaves very few, 
from 1-1 inch long, spathulate, entire, or with one or two sinuous serra- 
tions, coriaceous, sessile. Flowers 4 of an inch long, very abundantly pro- 
duced on the under side of the branches, solitary, or in fascicles of 2 or 3, 
almost sessile, minutely bracteate. Sepals triangular, thick, with scarious 
margins. Petals twice as long as sepals, oblong, recurved, yellowish-brown. 
Taieri River, near the mouth. 
Order.—MarvacE x. 
5. Plagianthus divaricatus (Forst.), salt marshes near Dunedin. 
Order.—LEGUMINOSÆ. 
6. Swainsonia nova-zealandie (Hook., f.), Mount St. Bathans, 4—5,000 feet 
(D. Petrie). 
Order.—RosacEz. 
7. Acena nove-zealandig (Kirk), HUM to east of Taieri Plain, probably 
common. 
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8. Tillea sinclairii (Hook., f.), Tomahawk Lagoon, near Dunedin. 
9. T. verticillaris (D.C.), not uncommon on dry rocky ground. 
Order.—DnosERACEZ. 
10. Drosera binata (Labill), Kaikorai Lagoon, near Dunedin; Bluff ; 
Stewart Island. 
Order.—HALOoRAGEACE. 
11. Haloragis micrantha (Br.), common on dry ground. 
12. H. tenuissima (Kirk), Flagstaff Hill and Chain Hills. 
18. Myriophyllum variefolium (Hook., f.), common in marshes. 
14. Callitriche verna (Linn.), common in swamps. 
Order.—OwacnARUE. 
15. Epilobium nummularifolium (A. Cunn.), var. y. brevipes, Chain Hills, 
and other places near Dunedin. 
Order.—UMBELLIFERÆ. 
16. Hydrocotyle americana (Linn.), Town-belt of Dunedin. 
17. Pozoa trifoliolata (Hook., f.), Tomahawk Lagoon and Saddle Hill. 
18. P. trifoliolata, var tripartita, Tomahawk Lagoon. 
19. P. hydrocotyloides (Hook., f.), Mount St. Bathans, 8,500 feet. (D. 
Petrie). 
20. Crantzia lineata (Nutt.), Tomahawk Lagoon (D. Petrie). 
Order.—AnALIACEX. 
21." Stilbocarpa polaris (Dene. and Planch.), Stewart Island. 
22. Panaw longissimum (Hook., f.), common, probably unintentionally 
omitted by Mr, Buchanan, 
