320 Transactions.— Botany. 
UrticE#. 
Urtica incisa, Poir. Near Nelson; Wairau Valley ; Buller Valley ; Mount 
Arthur plateau, 4,000 feet. 
»  ferox, Forst. Graham River, not common. 
Parietaria debilis, Forst. Nelson. 
Australina pusilla, Gaud. Lower Motueka; Graham River. 
PIPERACE. 
Piper excelsum, Forst. Near Nelson; Motueka Valley, ete. 
ContrerZz. 
Libocedrus bidwillit, Hook. £. Abundant in mountain forests, ascending to 
4,500 feet. 
Podocarpus ferruginea, Don. Lowland forests, not uncommon. 
. a nivalis, Hook. f. Mount Arthur, Mount Peel, etc., alt. 4-5,000 
feet; mountains above the Wairau Gorge, alt. 3,500-5,000 feet. 
” totara, A. Cunn. Abundant in lowland woods. A distinct look- 
ing variety (?) is common in the Buller Valley, and often fruits 
when only two. or three feet in height. 
” spicata, Br. Abundant in lowland forests. 
” dacrydioides, A. Rich. Abundant in moist lowland forests. 
Dacrydium cupressinum, Sol. Throughont the district. : 
93° ntermedium, Kirk. Dun Mountain range; Hope Mountains, 
Buller Valley, alt. 2,000-4,000 feet. 
» _ lazifolium, Hook. f. An abundant subalpine and alpine plant. 
Dun Mountain; Wairau Mountains ; Mount Arthur and neigh- 
bouring high land; Hope Mountains, Buller Valley. : 
is bidwillit, Hook.f. Common onthe mountains. Dun Mountain; 
forming most of the shrubby vegetation above the Fagus 
forest on the Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000-5,000 feet; Hope 
Mountains and elsewhere in the Buller Valley; Lake Rotoiti; 
St. Arnand Mountains; Raglan Mountains; mountains above 
the Wairau Gorge. : 
” colensot, Hook. Dun Mountain range ; Wairau Mountains. 
Phyllocladus trichomanoides, Don. Maitai Valley. 
” alpinus, Hook. f. An abundant subalpine tree. 
