310 Transactions.— Botany. 
Rustacez. 
Coprosma lucida, Forst. Abundant throughout the district. 
re grandifolia, Hook. f. Near Nelson; Foxhill; Lower Motueka ; 
Moutere, etc.; Buller Valley. I can find no previous record 
of the occurrence of this species in the South Island; but it 
is too abundant to have escaped observation. 
< baueriana, Endl. Coast north of Nelson, 7.F.C.; ‘Massacre Bay, 
Lyall” (Handbook). 
re robusta, Raoul. Abundant. 
i cunninghamii, Hook.f. Near Nelson; Graham River. 
Pf: serrulata, Hook. f. Alpine localities in Nelson, Buchanan (Trans. 
N.Z. Inst., vol. iii., p. 212). 
- rotundifolia, A.Cunn. Apparently common in swampy forests at 
low elevations. Foxhill; Moutere; Lower Motueka, etc. 
Pa rhamnoides, A. Cunn. Nelson; Foxhill, etc. 
om parviflora, Hook. f. Common in many places. 
eo fetidissima, Forst. Plentiful throughout the district, in many 
places forming the chief undergrowth in the Fagus forests. 
Pe cuneata, Hook. f. Wairau Mountains. 
x acerosa, A.Cunn. Sand-hills, shores of Blind Bay. 
i depressa, Col. ? Mount Arthur plateau. : 
ao microcarpa, Col.? -Graham River; Mount Arthur plateau; Maital 
Valley, ete. 
BS linartifolia. Hook. f. Abundant. 
” repens, Hook. f. In alpine localities, not uncommon. I can find 
no distinguishing characters between this and C. pumila, and 
believe both to be forms of the same plant. ; 
Nertera depressa, Banks and Sol. Mount Arthur plateau; Raglan Mountains. 
»  chondrefolia, Hook. £ Abundant. 
Galium umbrosum, Forst. Nelson and vicinity ; Wairau Valley ; Buller 
Valley. ; 
Asperula perpusilla, Hook.f. Not uncommon in dry and subalpine localities. 
- Ascends to 4,500 feet on the Mount Arthur plateau. 
Composirz. 
Olearia nitida, Hook. f. Not uncommon. ; 
1» cunninghamii, Hook.f. From Nelson and Motueka to the Big 
Bush, abundant. 
» lacunosa, Hook.f. Sources of the Takaka River, alt. 3,000 feet; 
Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000 feet; Mountains between . 
Hope and Owen Rivers, Buller Distrit alt. 4,000 feet; Sect 
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