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The whole number of plants in Mr. Kirk's list is 397, and in the list 

 appended there are 90 additional, so that the number growing in the Thames 

 District is 487. This number of plants makes the district compare favour- 

 ably in point of variety of vegetation with any other district in New Zealand 

 of like area and elevation. 



Additions to Mr. Kirk's Catalogue of Flowering Plants and Ferns in the Thames 



District. 

 Clematis hexasepala, DC. Kaueranga Valley. 



Ranunculus acaulis, Banks and Sol. Sandy places near brackish water. 

 Melicytus macrophyllus , A.. Cunn. Shoe Island, Tairua. 



,, lanceolatus, Hook. f. Pakirarahi. 

 Melicope mantelli. Kerikeri Eanges. 

 Fennantia corymbosa, Forst. Table Mountain. 

 Quintinia elliptica, Hook. f. Pakirarahi. 

 Drosera spathulata, Labill. Kerikeri Swamps. 



,, binata, Labill. Kerikeri Swamps. 

 Myriophyllum elatinoides, Gaudichaud. Kopu. 



,, varicefolium, Hook. f. Kopu. 



Epilobium, rotundifolium, Forst. Puriri. 



Tetragonia expansa, Murray. Sandy places near the sea shore. 

 Hydrocotyle americana, Linn. Waikiekie Creek. 



,, pterocarpa, F. Muel. Kerikeri Eanges. 



,, nova-zealandim, DC. Pakirarahi. 



,, moschata, Br. Kerikeri Eanges. 



Crantzia lineata, Mitt. Piako Towers. 

 Angelica rosafolia, Hook. Paku, Tairua. 

 Panax anomalum, Hook. Look-out Eocks. 

 ,, simplex, Forst. Pepe, Tairua. 

 ,, sinclairii, Hook. Kaitarakihi. 

 Loranthas adamsii. Hape Creek. 

 Coprosma petiolata, Hook. Tairua landing. 



,, rhamnoides, A. Cunn. Kaueranga. 



,, fcetidissima, Forst. Kaitarakihi. 



,, colemoi, Hook. f. ,, 



,, acerosa, A. Cunn. Tairua. 

 Galium tenuicaule, A. Cunn. Kopu. 

 Cassinia lepiophylla, Br. Tairua. 

 Senecio myrianthos, Kaueranga. 

 Dracophyllum strictum, Hook. f. Main Eange. 



,, urvilleanum, A. Eich. Look-out Eocks. 



