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much greater extent than is usually the case, often retaining the peculiarity 

 when 3-4 feet high. In some localities, young plants with leaves of the 

 ordinary form are the exception. 



Loranthus, n. sp. (?) Widely differing in appearance from any other 

 N. Z. species ; branches slender, ascending ; leaves erect, deciissate, somewhat 

 deltoid, fleshy, yellowish, turning red when dry ; flowers not seen, but 

 apparently axillary and solitary ; parasitic on Quintinia serrata, at an altitude 

 of 1800 to 2700 feet. Occasionally branches of the parasite are adherent to 

 its support for a length of several feet. 



Griselinia lucida, Forst., var. macrophylla. This is correctly supposed by 

 Dr. Hooker to be merely a state of the species to which it is referred. It is 

 usually found growing on Pohutukawa, and other littoral trees. The normal 

 form is indifferently epiphytic or terrestrial. 



Griselinia littoralis, Raoul. Not observed below 1700 feet. 



Coprosma, sp. A small shrub 2 feet high, with crimson fruit, apparently 

 allied to C. linariifolia, Hook, f, 1800 to 2500 feet. 



Raoulia tenuicaulis, Hook. f. Local, but abundant ; apparently attains 

 here its northern limit, and that of the genus. 



Gaultheria rupestris, Br. Local; from 1700 to 2700 feet; apparently 

 reaches its northern limit here. 



Archeria racemosa, Hook. f. Local, but abundant from 1900 to 2800 

 feet, previously known only on the Great Barrier Island, where it descends 

 below 1000 feet; finds here an extension of its southern range. Leaves 

 distinctly veined, old racemes fully one inch in length. 



Dracophyllum Traversii, Hook. f. (?). A remarkable and handsome 

 shrub, of doubtful identification in the absence of flowers ; stem erect, stout, 

 simple or sparingly branched ; leaves densely aggregated, recurved, 1^ feet 

 long, or more, 1J— 2 inches wide at the base ; panicle shorter and stouter than 

 in D. longifoliu.nl, flowers small, crowded. A striking plant although long 

 past flowering. On the highest peaks 2300 to 2700 feet, rare. 



Veronica macrocarpa, Vahl. From the sea level to 1800 feet, at the 

 latter altitude having a stature of some 1 5 feet, or more, with a stem 6 inches 

 in diameter. Mere varieties of V. salicifolia, with larger leaves and capstiles 

 than usual, are sometimes referred to this handsome species. It is worthy of 

 remark that V. macrocarpa flowers from April to July, V. salicifolia some 

 months earlier. 



Veronica irrigans, Kirk, n. sp. Herbaceous, but branches suffruticose at 

 base, finely puberulous in all its parts, 6—12 inches high, slender ; leaves 

 opposite, narrow, lineardanceolate, distantly sharply serrate, 1—2 inches long, 

 sessile or very shortly petioled ; racemes axillary, near the ends of the branches, 

 elongating, 2—5 inches long, very slender, many flowered; peduncles capillary, 

 ^-J inch long ; sepals ovate, obtuse ; flowers, large for the size of the plant, 

 ■| inch diameter ; petals, whitish with rose-coloured spots at the base ; capsules, 

 large, rounded, didymous. 



Fagus fusca, Hook . f. The identification of the fine timber tree here 

 referred to this species, rests solely upon a comparison of the foliage. It is 

 certainly identical with the Beech found at the Kawau and at Omaha, and 

 probably with that at Whangarei ; but I am not aware that specimens of th.Q 

 inflorescence and fruit have been obtained for comparison with the southern 

 form. At the Thames it is found in rather sheltered places, and has not been 

 found at a greater altitude than 1500 feet. The dense under-growth usually 

 found in the New Zealand forest is entirely wanting in the patches of Beech in 

 the north, and the tree itself is rarely clothed with climbers. 



1 Dactylanthus, sp. A singular plant, provisionally referred to this genus 

 until better specimens can be obtained. Plant, globose, in large specimens, 



