The Botanical Districts. 301 
= The Three Kings District (Northern ori 
This includes all the small islands of the Three Kings group. On the West 
King there is a remarkable low forest of tropical aspect composed of Meryta 
Sinclairii (dominant) mixed with Cordyline australis and having Macropiper ex- 
celsum var. major as the important constituent of the undergrowth. The species 
number 143; the following are endemic: — Davallia Tasmani, Paratrophis 
Smith, Pittosporum Fairchildii, Alectryon grandis, Veronica insularis and 
Coprosma macrocarpa. Colensoa physaloides is common in some localities. 
. The North Auckland District (Northern province). 
This lich the North Island to the N. of and including the Auckland 
Isthmus’) together with the outlying islands, excluding the two Barrier Islands, 
but including those of the Hauraki Gulf. The most striking features are the 
Kauri forest, gumlands’ heath and mangrove swamp, in the first-named formation 
Beülschmiedia taraire being frequently dominant. ‚In some places, Virer lucens ä = 
is a tree of physiognomic importance. The species number 649 of which the 
following. are confined to the district: — Todaea barbara, Lycopodium Drum- 
mondii, Microlaena Carsei, Cladium complanatum, Lepidosperma_ filiforme, 
Carexr Brownii, Hydatella inconspicua, Thelymitra intermedia, T. Matthewsii, 
Pterostylis Matthewsi, Caleana minor, Chiloglottis formicifera, Corysanthes 
Matthewsü, Ranunculus hirtus var. elongatus, Cassytha paniculata, Crassula 
Pusilla, Pittosporum pimeleoides, P. intermedium, Ackama rosaefolia, Hibiscus 
diversifolius, Halorrhagis cartilaginea, Pseudopanax Gilliesü, Corokia Cheese- 
manit, Veronica obtusata, V. Bollonsüi, V. ae, ” re TRRR 
neglecta, Alseuosmia Banksü, A.linariifolia, Olearia a 
4 The South Auckland District Norte Brovinee. 
«) The Thames Sub- disti i 
! ier Islands and 
