322 Transactions.— Botany. 
Callixene parviflora, Hook. f. Dun Mountain range; Wairau Valley. 
Cordyline australis, Hook.f. Abundant below 2,000 feet alt.; usually in 
river valleys. 
»  banksit, Hook.f. Near Nelson; Motueka Valley; Graham River. 
a hookeriana, Kirk. Sources of the Takaka River, alt. 3,000-3,500 
feet. 
Dianella intermedia, Endl. Nelson and vicinity ; Moutere ; Motueka; Spooner’s 
Range; Buller Valley. 
Astelia cunninghamii, Hook. f. « Aorere Valley, Travers” (Handbook). 
»» linearis, Hook. f. Dun Mountain; Mount Arthur plateau. 
»» nervosa, Sol. Abundant in subalpine localities. 
Arthropodium candidum, Raoul. Maitai Valley; Wairau Valley; Mount 
Arthur plateau ; Buller Valley. 
Anthericum hookeri, Col. Common in subalpine and alpine swamps. 
Phormium tenax, Forst. Abundant. Ascends to 5,000 feet on Mount Arthur. 
= colensoi, Hook. f. Abundant. 
Herpolirion nova-zealandia, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000-5,000 
feet, most abundant. 
PatMez. 
Areca sapida, Soland. Wakapuaka, T.F.C.; Lower Takaka Valley, Aorere 
Valley, abundant, J. Heath. 
JUNCER. 
Juncus vaginatus, Br. Nelson ; Foxhill; Laké Rotoiti; Buller Valley. 
> 9, australis, Hook. f, Wairau Valley. 
»» maritimus, Lam. Nelson Harbour and shores of Blind Bay. 
»» communis, E. Mey. Abundant throughout the district. 
»» planifolius, Br. Nelson, Motueka, ete. 
»  bufonius,L. Abundant through the district. Ascends to 4,000 feet 
on the Mount Arthur plateau. 
»» Sp. (Allied to J. prismatocarpus, Br.) Motueka Valley. : 
»  Scheuzerioides, Gaud.? Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 4,500 feet. Spect- 
mens immature, and perhaps not really belonging to this 
species. 
»» +nove-zealandia, Hook. f. Common in subalpine localities. , 
»  articulatus, L., var. lamprocarpus. Not uncommon. Foxhill; Mota- 
eka ; Motupiko ; Moutere ; Wairau Valley ; Buller Valley 5 
Mount Arthur plateau, ascending to 4,500 feet. : 
Rostkovia gracilis, Hook.f. Mount Arthur; Mount Peel; Raglan Mountains: 
mountains above the Wairan Gorge, ascending to 6,000 feet. 
