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noticeable from its great size, flower-stalks having been measured twelve feet 

 high ; Arundo consjncua, 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. Colobanthus 

 bniardieri, Fenzl. Spergularia rubra, Pers. var. marina. Elatine americana, Arnott. 

 Plagianthus divaricatus, Forst. Linum monogynum, Forst. Corynocarpus laevigata, Forst. 

 Tillsea moschata. DC. Drosera binata, Lahill. Myriophyllum elatinoides, Gaud. 

 M. pedunculatum, Hook. f. Epilobium tetragonum, Linn. E. billardierianum, Seringe. 

 E. pallidiflorum, Sol. Mesembryanthemum australe, Sol. Tetragonia expansa, Murray. 

 Hydrocotyle novse-zealandiae, DC. H. asiatica, Linn. H, elongata, A. Cunn. Cojirosma 

 acerosa, A. Cunn. Galium umbrosum, Forst. Cotula coronopifolia, Linn. C perpusilla, 

 Hook. f. C. minuta, Forst. Raoulia australis, Hook. f. Gnaphalium keriense, A. Cunn. 

 G. luteo-album, Linn. G. involucratum, Forst. Erechtites quadridentata, DC. Senecio 

 lautus, Forst. Microseris Forsteri, Hook, f, Sonchus oleraceus, Linn. Lobelia anceps, 

 Thunh. Selliera radicans, Cavan. Cyathodes acerosa, Br. Samolus littoralis, Br. 

 Convolvulus sepium, Zmiw. C. soldanella, Linn., Limosella aquatica, var. tenuifolia, 

 Linn. Veronica parviflora, Vahl. Euphrasia cuneata, Forst. Chenopodium triandrum, 

 Forst. Salicornia indica, Willd. Polygonum minus, Huds. var. decipiens. Pimelea 

 arenaria. A. Cunn. Euphorbia glauca, Forst. Typha angustifolia, Linn. Lemna minor, 

 Linn. Potamogeton natans, Limi. Phormium tenax, Forst. Juncus vaginatus. Br. 

 J. australis. Hook. f. J. maritimus, Lam. J. bufonius, Linn. J. communis, E. Meyer. 

 J. capillaceus. Hook. f. Luzula campestris, DC. Leptocarpus simplex, A. Rich. Gai- 

 mardia setacea, Hoo^. /. Cyperus ustulatus, -4, ^ic7i. Scirpus maritimus, Z-mw. S. tri- 

 queter, Linn. Eleocharis gracilis, Br. Isolepis prolifer, Br. I. riparia, Br. Desmos- 

 choenus spiralis. Hook. f. Cladium junceum, Br. Lepidosperma tetragona, Lahill. 

 Uncinia australis, Pers. Carex teretiuscula. Good. C. virgata, Sol. C. temaria, Forst. 

 C. testacea, Sol. C. pumila, Thunh. C. forsteri, Wahl. C. dissita, Sol. Spinifex 



hirsutus, Lahill. Arundo conspicua, Forst. Arundo , sp. nov. Eestuca 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. meduUaris, Swartz. Hymenophyllum tunbridgense. 

 Smith. H. polyanthos, Swartz. Adiantum diaphanum, Blume. A. af&ne, Willd. 

 Pteris aquilina, Linn., var. esculenta. P. incisa, Thunh. Lomaria filiforjnis, A. Cunn. 

 L. membranacea, Colenso. Lomaria procera, Spreng. , vars. L. banksii, Fiook. f. Asple- 

 nium obtusatum, Forst., var. g. lucidum. A. hookerianum, Col. A. bulbiferum, Forst. 

 Aspidium richardi. Hook. Nephrodium hispidum, 'H.ook. Poljrpodium serpens, Forst. 

 P. billardieri, Br. P. pustulatum, Forst. P. pennigerum, Forst. Gynmogramme 

 leptophylla, Desv. Lycopodium 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. 



