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ful lancewood, Panaw crassifoliun, The tipau or matipo, Pittosporum tenui- 
folium, which makes the best ornamental hedge I know of. The tarata or 
lemonwood, Pittosporum eugenioides, a most beautiful tree also used for 
hedges. The hohere, Hoheria angustifolia. The mako-mako, Aristotelia 
racemosa. The milk-tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, which yields a peculiar 
milky fluid from the inner bark. The hinau, Eleocarpus dentatus, from the 
bark of which the Maoris obtained a fine dye. The pokako, Eleocarpus 
hookerianus. "The ake-ake, Olearia forsteri, and the cabbage trees, Cordyline 
australis? and C. indivisa? The shrubby plants of the peninsula are ex- 
ceedingly numerous, belonging to many varied genera; prominent among 
them are species of Coprosma, Piper, Drimys, Myrsine, Myoporum, Carpodetus, 
Olearia, Veronica, Panag, Myrtus, ete. Several species and genera, which 
are common in the North Island, are totally absent from Banks’ Peninsula, 
and of course from the rest of the province; such are Geniostoma, Dysoay- 
lum, Hoheria populnea, Entelea, Atherosperma, Eugenia, Brachyglottis, Knightia, 
Nesodaphne, Freycinetia, ete. The large North Island genus Metrosideros 
has no arboreous representative in this district, though M. lucida is common 
much farther south. 
Plants which attain their southern limit on the peninsula are the Nikau 
palm, Areca sapida ; the karaka, Corynocarpus levigata, which is found in several 
small bays at the eastern point of the peninsula. Several small and stunted 
specimens of karaka formerly grew in Dampier’s Bay, Lyttelton. Senecio 
sazifragoides finds its southern limit here, and probably also Alectryon excel- 
sum and Libocedrus doniana. I have not been able to ascertain that any 
species finds its northern limit on Banks’ Peninsula, but the following 
plants appear to be confined to the district— Celmisia makaui and Pittosporum 
obcordatum. ; 
Banks’ Peninsula contains 850 species of flowering plants belonging to 
171 genera. 
The Lowland or Middle District.—Under this name I include the great 
Canterbury plain, together with the groups of downs at each end of the 
province, and so much of the eastern face of the great Alpine range as lies 
below 2000 feet. A reference to the map will show that the district, as here 
defined, is & very extensive one, being about 150 miles long by 80 to 50 
miles wide. 
The great Canterbury plain is remarkably poor in plants, and is very 
uniform in character. Grasses form here the principal part of the vegeta- 
lion, except in the numerous swampy places along the sea-coast, which 
before the settlement of Europeans were covered with a dense growth of 
Phormium tenaz, Astelia grandis, and numerous species of Cyperacez, and 
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