BUCHANAN.— List of Plants found on Miramar Peninsula. 351 
noticeable from its great size, flower-stalks having been measured twelve feet 
high ; Arundo conspicua, ten feet high; and the wide spread swamp plant, 
raupo (Typha angustifolia), ten feet high ; the whole forming a close and safe 
refuge to many of the native water-fowl. 
Ranuuculus rivularis, Banks & Sol. Hymenanthera crassifolia, Hook. f. a 
billardieri, Fenzl. Spergularia Bae Pers. var. marina. Elatine americana, Arn 
Plagianthus divaricatus, Forst. Linum monogynum, Forst. Corynocarpus levigata, for 
Tillæa moschata. DC. Drosera binds, Labill. EE ee elatinoides, Gaud. 
M. pedunculatum, Hook. f. Epilobium tetragonum, Linn. E. billardierianum, Seringe. 
E. pallidiflorum, Sol. seer i iiia australe, Sol. Tetragonia expansa, Murray. 
G. luteo-album, Linn. G. involucratum, Forst. Erechtites quadridentata, DC. Senecio 
lautus, Forst. Microseris Forsteri, Hook. f. Sonchus oleraceus, Linn. Lobelia anceps, 
unb. Selliera radicans, Cavan. Cyathodes acerosa, Br. Samolus litto Br. 
Convolvulus sepium, Zinn. C. soldanella, Linn., Limosella aquatica, var. tenuifolia, 
Linn. Veronica parviflora, Vahl. Euphrasia cuneata, Forst. Chenopodium trian 
Forst. Salicornia indica, Willd. Polygonum minus, Huds. var. decipiens. Pimelea 
maria. A. Cunn. Euphorbia glauca, Forst. Typha angustifolia, Zinn. Lemna minor, 
Linn. Potamogeton natans, Linn. Phormium tenax, Forst. Juncus vaginatus. Br. 
. australis, Hook. f.. J. neue Lam. J. bufonius, Linn. J. communis, E. Meyer. 
J. capillaceus, Hook. f. Luzula campestris, DC. Leptocagpus simplex, A. Rich. Gai- 
mardia setacea, Hook. f. Cyperus IENE A. Rich. Scirpus maritiman, Linn. 8. tri- 
queter, Linn. Eleocharis gracilis, Br. Isolepis prolifer, Br. I. riparia, Br. Desmos- 
chenus spiralis, Hook. f. Cladium junceum, Br. Lepidosperma e Labill. 
Uncinia australis, Pers. Carex teretiuscula, Good. ©. virgata, Sol. C. ternaria, Forst. 
C. testacea, Sol. C. pumila, Thunb. C. forsteri, Wahl. C. dissita, Sol. Spinifex 
hirsutus, Labill. Arundo conspicua, Forst. Arundo ——, sp. nov, Festuca littoralis, 
Br. Azolla rubra, Br. 
The ferns are few both in species and numbers, many having no doubt 
disappeared with the bush which gave them shelter :— 
Cyathea dealbata, Swartz. C. medullaris, Swartz. Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, 
Smith. H. polyanthos, Swartz. Adiantum diaphanum, Blume. A. affine, Willd. 
is aquilina, Linn., var. esculenta. P. incisa, Thunb. Lomaria filiformis, A. Cunn. 
L. membranacea, Colenso. Lomaria procera, Spreng., vars. L. banksii, Hook. f. Asple- 
nium obtusatum, Forst., var. g. lucidum. A. hookerianum, Col. A. bulbiferum, Forst. 
Aspidium richardi, Hook. Taieri hispidum, Hook. Polypodium serpens, Forst. 
P. billardieri, Br. P. pustulatum, Forst. P. pennigerum, Forst. Gymnogramme 
leptophylla, Desv. E ape volubile, Forst. 
Introduced species of plants are comparatively few, and have made little 
progress towards displacement of the indigenous species; this may be accounted 
for in some measure by the isolated situation, but mostly by the vigorous 
growth of the plants in possession ; only where the scrub is burnt and nothing 
useful sown, as on the southern sea slopes, or on blown sand where there is 
only a sparse vegetation, can even the thistle find a holding ground. 
