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Receptacle flab ', alveola with scarious margins. 



Heads 1 J to 2 inches across ; florets of the ray white, very narrow, J 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 January, 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 CoUing- 

 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. XLYI. — List of Plants found on Miramar Peninsula, Wellington 

 Harbour.'^ By John Buchanan. 



[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 2,5th September, 1872.] 



The 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. Elseocarpus dentatus, Vahl. 

 Melicope ternata, Forst. Melicope mantelli, Buch. Dysoxylum spectabile, HooTc. f. 

 Peimantia corymbosa, Forst. Corynocarpns laevigata, Forst Carpodetus serratus, 

 Forst. Metrosideros florida, Sm. Myrtus buUata, Banhs <fc Sol. Myrtus ralphii, 

 Hooh. f. Fuchsia excorticata, Linn. f. Passiflora tetrandra, Banhs cfc Sol. Panax 



* Written to accompany paper by J. C. Crawford, F. G. S ., on the Miramar Peninsula, 

 see Art. LVII. 



