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against the native vegetation, although cattle have been constantly wandering 

 over the place ever since the first settlement of the district. Across the area 

 examined 1 found the line of the old high road still quite plainly traceable, 

 but even here the native plants held their own. Except in the neighbourhood 

 of this track the surface had only been broken in one place, where a ditch had 

 been formed. On the clay ridges thrown up on either side of this, that bright 

 looking fern Pteris scaherula had established itself plentifully, but this was the 

 only native plant that appeared to have been introduced as a consequence of 

 the disturbance of the ground. The subsoil of the area is a not very stiff clay, 

 through which, at a depth of from two to about ten feet, the prevailing gravel 

 of the district could be reached. The ground is disposed in two terraces, that 

 nearest to the creek being only a few feet lower than the other. So far as I 

 could determine, there was absolutely no difference in vegetation between the 

 terraces. The prevailing feature was snow-grass in huge tussocks, around the 

 roots of which, hidden under the over-arching grass, the majority of the 

 smaller plants obtainable were clustered. The immediate banks of the creek 

 I did not explore so carefully as the tussock ground. Mr. Kirk has obliged 

 me with the following list of the plants gathered : — 



NATIVE PLANTS. 



Gauitheria ? 



Ranunculus sinclairii. 

 ,, plebeius? 



Geranium microphyllum. 

 Acaena sanguisorbae, 



,, novse-zealandias. 

 Haloragis micrantha. 

 Myrtus pedunculata. 

 Epilobium alsinoides. 



,, pallidifl-orum 

 Galium tenuicaule. 

 Olearia virgata, var. 

 Celmisia longifolia 

 Lagenophora forsteri. 



,, petiolata. 



Craspedia fimbriata. 

 Cassinia fulvida. 

 Gnaphalium filicaule. 



,, luteo -album. 



,, involucratum. 



Microseris forsteri. 

 Taraxacum dens-leonis. 

 Wahlenbergia gracilis, 

 saxicola. 



Plantago spathulata. 

 Scleranthus biflorus. 

 Prasophyllum colensoi. 

 Potamogeton polygonifolius, 

 Juncus effusus (communis of Meyer) . 



,, planifolius. 



,, bufonius. 

 Luzula congesta ? 

 Carex virgata. 



, , forsteri. 

 Eleocharis gracillima. 

 Hierochloe redolens. 

 Danthonia cunninghami, 



,, raoulii. 



Deschampsia csespitosa. 

 Trisetum antarcticum. 

 Poa breviglumis 

 Pteris scaberula. 

 Lomaria procera. 



, , alpina. 

 Campylopus appressifolius. 

 Polytrichum commune. 



INTRODUCED PLANTS. 



Eumex acetosella. 

 Aira caryophyllea. 

 Holcus lanatus. 



Cerastium glomeratum. 

 Trifolium minus. 

 Prunella vulgaris. 



Mr. Kirk calls attention to the fact that of these plants the following are 

 not mentioned either by Dr. Lindsay or Mr. Buchanan as occurring in this 

 province, viz. : — 



Haloragis micrantha. — This I found growing around the tussocks of snow- 

 grass, and generally almost hidden by them. 



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