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Senecio lagopus, Raoul. Common in subalpine localities. 
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bellidioides, Hook. f. Common with the preceding. 
latifolius, Banks and Sol. Sources of the Takaka River, alt. 3,000 
feet. Leaves unusually broad, but the specimens do not other- 
wise differ from North Island ones. 
lautus, Forst. Coast near Nelson, and shores of Blind Bay, abun- 
dant ; Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 4,000 feet (a stout, succu- 
lent, large-flowered form). 
lyallii, Hook. f. Wairau Gorge; mountains by the Rainbow 
River. 
hectort, Buchanan. Graham River, Pearce River, and other tribu- 
taries of the Motueka rising on the Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 
400 to 2,800 feet; sources of the Takaka River, alt. 3, 
feet; Upper Buller Valley. I am also informed that it is 
abundant in the upper part of the Aorere Valley. The finest 
species of the genus in New Zealand. 
laxifiorus, Buchanan. Wairau Gorge, alt. 3,000 feet. 
eleagnifolius, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau, abundant; Upper 
Buller Valley ; Wairau Valley. 
bidwillii, Hook. f. “ Mountains of Nelson, Bidwill, Rough” (Hand- 
book). 
n.sp. Mount Arthur and Mount Peel, ascending to 5,500 feet. 
Allied to S. robusta, Buchanan, but differing in the lax 
panicled infloresence, smaller, oblong, much more coriaceous 
leaves, with strongly revolute margins. The whole plant 1s 
even more viscid than S. robusta. Inflorescence nearly 
monrot, Hook. f. ‘“ Nelson Mountains, Monro ” (Handbook). 
cassinioides, Hook. f. Upper Wairau Valley. 
Brachyglottis repanda, Forst. Lowland forests, especially on dry soils. 
Traversia baccharoides, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau; Upper Baller 
Valley and Lake Rotoiti; Wairau Valley. 
Microseris forsteri, Hook. £ Common. 
Crepis nove-zealandia, Hook. f. Wairau Valley. 
Tarazacum dens-leonis, Desf. In many places on the mountains. 
Sonchus oleraceus, L. Abundant through the district. 
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Oreostylidium subulatum, Berggren. Not uncommon in alpine localities- 
Mount Arthur plateau, Hope Mountains ; Buller be se 
between the Devil’s Grip and Lake Rotoiti; Wairan Mow 
tains; Wairan Gorge. ! oe ) : 
