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Receptacle flat ; alveola with scarious.margi 
Heads 14 to 2 inches across ; florets of the ray white, very narrow, } inch 
long ; anthers tailed; pappus of one equal series of rigid, scabrous, white hairs, 
slightly thickened at the tips. 
Achene glabrous, narrow, linear, flattened and grooved. 
This remarkable addition to the flora of New Zealand was collected by 
Dr. Hector on the Buller River, Nelson province, in J anuary, 1872. 
The magnificent floral display of this species, and others such as Senecio 
glastifolius with similar white rayed flowers, can only be seen to advantage in 
their natural humid habitats, and it is doubtful if any cultivation short of 
shelter under glass will be successful in rearing them in gardens. - 
Grows along the banks of the Buller River, and in rich bottom shrubberies 
between the River Mangles and the Inangahua ; not observed in the lower 
gorge, nor near the sea. Also collected by Dr. Hector inland from Colling- 
wood, and reported by Mr. W. T. L. Travers as occurring at Wangapeka and a 
few other localities in the Nelson province, where he collected specimens many 
years ago. 
Art. XLVI.—List of Plants found on Miramar Peninsula, Wellington 
Harbour.* By Joun BUCHANAN. 
ae before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 25th September, 1872.] 
Tue flora of the Miramar Peninsula may be arranged under plants of the 
bush, plants of the open country, and plants of the swamp, the latter including 
those of the sea-side and those of the sand-hills. 
The bush, which has no doubt at a very recent period covered the greater 
part of the hills, is now confined to a few gullies in the northern portion of 
the peninsula. Several of the following species are few in numbers, and none 
are large timber trees. No pines are present, they having been cut down for 
building purposes, as the stumps of totara piles may still be seen in what have 
been the defence works of Maupui Pa, and it is unlikely the timber was 
brought from a distance. 
The following is a list of the trees and shrubs still existing :— 
Clematis indivisa, Willd. Melicytus ramiflorus, Forst. Elzocarpus dentatus, Vahl. 
Melicope ternata, Forst. ee mantelli, Buch. Dysoxylum spectabile, Hook. f. 
Pennantia corymbosa, For. Coryno ET lævigata, Forst. Carpodetus serratus, 
Forst. Metrosideros Ea Sm. Myrtus bullata, Banks & Sol. Myrtus ralphii, 
Hook. f. Fuchsia excorticata, Linn. f. Palid tetrandra, Banks & Sol. Panax 
* Written to accompany paper by J. C. Crawford, F.G.S., on the Miramar Peninsula, 
see Art. LVII 
