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Hibiscus, I'po7ncea, Cassytha, and Veronica diosnusfolia ^xe the only forms that 

 are not local in their habitats in the district. 



The following plants are confined to the district, and to the Great and 

 Little Barrier, or other ontlying islands, but are not found elsewhere on the 

 main-land : — Uymenanthera Tasmanica, Pittosjwrum virgatum, n. s., Olea 

 apeUda, Vahl., Pisonia umhellifera, Seem. 



The following species are of more or less frequent occurrence in the district, 

 but local elsewhere in the colony, and entirely confined to the North Island : — 

 FiUosporimi Buchanani, P. Huttoniamwi, P. umhellatum, P. Kirhii, Hymen- 

 anthera crassi/olia, Hibiscus Trionuvi, Ajnum lej^tophylhim, Pomaderris 

 elliptica, P. Edgerleyi, Sapota costata, Atriplex JBillardieri, Nephrodium 

 Thelypteris, Prasopliyllum pumilum, Doodia connexa, Nephrodium molle, 

 Desv., Lycopodium Carolinianum, Metrosidei'os diffusa, Veronica elongata, 

 Alseuosmia Banksii, Melicytus lanceolatus, Todea Africana, Nertera Cunning- 

 hamii, Australina pusilla, Cyathea Cunninghamii, Loxsoma Cunninghamii, 

 Phyllocladus glatoca. 



This list might be greatly extended, but, taken in conjunction with the 

 short preceding sections, it exhibits a more remarkable series of lowland plants 

 than could probably be foxmd in any other part of the colony. 



The following plants highly characteristic of the flora of the southern part 

 of the colony, are sparingly rej)resented in the district : — Oxalis magellanica, 

 Colobantlius Blllardiari, Cehnisia Munroi, G. longifolia, Olearea lacunosa, 

 Vittadinia australis, Teucridium parvifolium, Fagus fusca, Hypolepis 

 Millefolitini. 



Nearly three-fifths of the entire number of plants found in the district ai"e 

 common alike to the Provinces of Auckland and Otago, but, although found 

 over the same extent of country as to boundaries, they occur in very difierent 

 ratios. Gorohia Gotoneaster is found at the extremities of both islands, but 

 there are spaces of many miles where this plant is entirely wanting, and in 

 some of its habitats a vqvj few specimens only are found ; Myrsine azistralis 

 is also found at both extremities of the island, and the traveller could not 

 journey any great distance without meeting it in abundance. Pteris escidenta 

 and Leptosjyermum scojxtrium are examples of plants abundant in every suitable 

 locality between the North Cape and the Blufi". 



Before leaving this part of the subject I will notice the peculiar variation 

 of Veronica diosmcefolia — a plant already stated amongst the endemic j^lants 

 peculiar to the district, as showing in the extreme North a characteristic 

 feature of the Veronicas peculiar to the Sovith, a feature the more remarkable, 

 as in this district the genus exhibits a very slight degree of variation. 



Veronica diosmcefolia is a handsome s^jecies, found in various localities 

 from Cape Reinga to the Whangarei Biver, and is closely allied to some states 

 of the southern V. Golensoi. It should be remarked that the first section of 



