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probably seen the young plants of Panax Colensoi, or Schefflera, digitata, with, 

 lobulate leaves, yet such are found in the North. Again, he might be puzzled 

 to find Pittosporum tenuifolium with fasicles of flowers in the upper branches, 

 and alternate in the lower. Some of the plants of this genus are remarkably 

 varied in different localities, and to found species on distinctions of flowers 

 being iimbellate or alternate, fasicled or alternate, is simply to procVuce confusion, 

 for as far as the present extent of variation has gone, there is always a common 

 facies in all the varieties of a species, which never can be mistaken. 



So inconstant, and limited in distribution are some varieties, that it is 

 necessary to know the New Zealand Flora in every locality, to be able to 

 describe a species, and even opinions on the value of timber, etc., have only a 

 local value from the same cause. Hence the necessity of local observations by 

 many persons, and a combination of the results of their labours, as by such 

 means only will future botanists be able to make out the true cause and laws 

 of variation in plants. 



RaNUNCULACEJE. 



Clematis indivisa, 12 3 6 7 8 



„ Colensoi, 12 6 7 



,, parviflora, 1 

 Ranunculus plebeius, 12 3 5 6 7 8 

 ,, multiscapus, 1 2 



,, rivularis, 12 3 7 



Crucifer.e. 

 Nasturtium palustre, 2 6 

 Barbarea vulgaris, 12 6 

 Cardamine hirsuta, 1 2 

 Lepidium oleraceum, 1 2 



VlOLARE^E. 



Melicytus ramiflorus, 1234 5 678 

 ,, macrophyllus, 2 5 6 



,, lanceolatus, 1 



Hymenantbera crassifolia, 5 6 



PlTTOSPORE^E. 



Pittosporum tenuifolium, 12 3 6 7 8 

 Colensoi, 12 38 

 ,, reflexum, 1 



,, crassifolium, 12 3 



,, umbellatum, 12 3 8 



,, eugenioides, 12 8 



,, cornifolium, 12 3 8 



,, Kirkii, 1 



,, Huttoniana, 1 



Caryophylle^e. 

 Colobanthus Billardieri, 5 



Elatixe.e. 

 Elatine americana, 2 



Hypericine^:. 

 Hypericum gramineum, 1 2 



Malvaceae. 

 Plagianthus divaricatus, 12 3 6 

 ,, betulinus, 2 8 



Hoheria var. a, vulgaris, 12 5 6 7 8 

 var. b, lanceolata, 1 

 var. c, angustifolia, 12 3 6 7 

 var. d, cratsegifolia, 5 7 8 



Hibiscus Trionum, 16 7 

 ,, Taylorii, 6 



TlLIACE^E. 



Entelea arborescens, 12 3 4 6 7 8 

 Aristotelia racemosa, 12 3 6 7 8 

 Eleeocarpus dentatus, 12 3 6 7 8 



Line^e. 

 Linum monogynum, 12 3 6 8 



Geraniace^:. 

 Geranium carolinianum, 12 4 5 6 7 8 



,, microphyllum, 12 3 6 8 

 Pelargonium clandestinum, 1 6 

 Oxalis corniculata, 12 3 5 6 7 8 

 ,, magellanica, 2 7 



Rutace^e. 

 Phebalium nudum, 12 3 7 8 

 Melicope ternata, 12 3 6" 



„ Mantellii, 12 7 



,, simplex, 12 3 



Meliace^e. 

 Dysoxylum spectabile, 12 3 5 7 8 



RhAMNEtE. 



PomadeiTis elliptica, 2 3 5 6 7 

 „ Edgerleyi, 1 6 



phylicifolia, 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 

 Sapistdace^e. 

 Dodonaea viscosa, 12 3 6 7 8 

 Alectryon excelsum, 12 3 6 7 8 



A^ACARDIACE.E. 



Corynocarpus laevigata, 1 2345678 



Coriare^e. 

 Coriaria ruscifolia, 12345678 



1. Wangarei. 



2. Bay of Islands. 



3. Wangaroa. 



4. Stephenson's Island. 



5. Mount Camel. 



6. North Cape. 



7. Kaitaia. 



8. Hokianga. 



