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Olearia nummularifolia, Hook. f. Dun Mountain; Mount Arthur plateau; 
Wairau Mountains. 
», cymbifolia, Hook. f. In several places in the Wairau Valley, alt. 
1,500-3,000 feet. 
» forsteri, Hook. f. Nelson and coast to the northward. 
»  avicenniefolia, Hook. f. Abundant through the district. 
»» virgata, Hook. f. Common, especially in river valleys. 
Celmisia, n. sp. Mount Arthur plateau, abundant between 4,000 and 5,000 
feet elevation. A most handsome and distinct species, re- 
markable for the large and broad bracts. 
»» discolor, Hook.f. Plentiful. Dun Mountain; Wairau Mountains; 
Mount Arthur plateau; Buller Valley. 
4 »  hieracifolia, Hook. f£. Dun Mountain. 
’ »  tmcana, Hook. f. Generally distributed in subalpine and alpine 
4 localities. P 
»»  sinelairiit, Hook. f. Mountains above the Wairau Gorge, alt. 5,000 
feet. “Dun Mountain and Tarndale, Sinclair” (Handbook). 
” cortacea, Hook. £; 2 lentiful. 
»  monroit, Hook. f. Dun Mountain; Raglan Mountains; Mount 
Arthur plateau ; Mount Peel. 
» viscosa, Hook. f. Mountains above the Wairau Gorge, 5-6,000 feet. 
»  spectabilis, Hook. f. Abundant above 1,000 feet altitude. 
” traversit, Hook. f. Mount Arthur, Mount Peel, and adjoining 
high land, abundant from 4,500 to 5,800 feet; Raglan Moun- 
tains, 4-5,500 feet. A most magnificent species. 
»  cordatifolia, Buchanan. ‘ Mount Starvation, Nelson, A. Mackay” 
s. N.Z. Inst., vol. xi., p. 427). I have not seen speci- 
mens of this, but it must be very close to C. traversit, if not 
a form of that plant. 
» longifolia, Cass. Plentiful in the mountains; usually in swampy 
places. 
»  laricifolia, Hook. f. Dun Mountain; Wairau Mountains; Mount 
Arthur plateau ; Mount Peel ; Hope Mountains, etc. 
» lateralis, Buchanan. ‘Mountains near Lake —— H. Travers”’ 
(Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. iv., p. 226). : 
» 2. 8p. Slopes of Mount Arthur, 5-6,000 feet. Aid ©. her, 
4 but amply distinct. 
gs sessilifiora, Hook. £ A most abundant alpine plant, 8600-6000 
mm Ravine on Mount Peel, alt. 5,000 fet | Nearest ie 
Chatter, but by the smaller, narrower — 
