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Essays. 



FEE'S' s. 

 Cyatliea cuuningliamii Tricliomanes eloiigatum Adiantum cumiinghamii 



11. In considering the vegetation of the North Island, in lateral areas 

 nearly corresponding with its degrees o£ south latitude, the distribution of 

 genera and species pecuhar to each area (in a few instances overlapping) 

 will be found very nearly thus : — 



(1.) The northern area, from 342 to 35° south, contains : — 

 Drosera pygmsea Hibiscus trionuni Ipomsea pencliila 



Colensoa physaloides Cassinia retorta Toclea africana 



Cassytha panieulata 



(2.) The Bay of Islands area, from 35° to 36° south, contains : — 



Barbarea australis 

 Melicytus macrophyllus 

 Pittosporum cornifolium 

 „ umbellatiim 



,, reflexum 



„ pimeleoides 



Hoheria poptilnea (vera) 

 Phebalium niidum 

 Pomaderris elliptica 

 Eugenia maire 

 Quintinia elliptica 

 Ackama rossefolia 

 Corokia buddleoides 

 Alseuosmia (several sp.) 

 Lagenopbora lanata 



Epacris pauciflora 

 Dracopbyllum latifolium 

 Sapota costata 

 Greniostoma ligiistrifoliuui 

 Ebabdotbamnus solandri 

 Gratiola pnbesceus 

 Grlossostigma elatinoides 

 Veronica diosmsefolia 



„ elongata 

 Pisonia brunoniana 

 Atriplex bdlardieri 

 Tetrantbera calicaris 

 Nesodapbne tarairi 

 Santalum cimningbamii 

 Elatostemma nigosum 



Peperoniia urvilleana 

 Libocedrus doniana 

 Sparganium simplex 

 Prasopbyllum pumilum 

 Tbelymitra imberbis 

 Pterostylis trullifolia 

 Grleicbenia semivestita 



„ ilabellata 



Loxsoma cnnningbamii 

 Lomaria membranacea 



„ fraseri 

 Doodia media 

 Scbizsea dicbotoma 

 Marattia saliciua 

 Pbylloglossum drummondii 



(3.) The Thames area, from 36° to 37° 30' south, contains : — 



Cardamine divaricata 

 Pomaderris edgerleyi 

 Panax anomala 

 Corokia cotoueaster 

 Epacris piirpurascens 

 „ sinclaii'ii 



Dracopbyllum squarrosum 

 Coprosma erassifoHa 

 Yeronica piibescens 

 Spirantbes aixstralis 

 PterostyHs puberula 



Pterostylis squamata 

 PeUaea falcata 

 Pteris endlicberiana 

 G-ymuogramma leptopbylla 

 Psilotum triquetrum 



(4.) The East Cape area, from 37° 30' to 39° south, contains :■ 

 Clematis bexasepala Eupbrasia cuneata Hymeuopbyllum 



Myosotis forsteri 



,, spatbulata 

 Utricularia colensoi 

 ,, protrusa 



Lemua gibba 

 Adenocbilus graciUs 

 Callixene parviflora 

 Artbropodium candiduni 

 Hymeuopbyllum pulcberri 

 mum 



Pittosporum rigidum 

 Epilobium micropbylluni 

 „ glabellum 



,, melanocaulon 



Erecbtites prenantboides 

 Senecio odoratus 



„ perdicioides 

 Gaultberia f agif olia 

 Dracopbyllum subulatum 

 Calceolaria sinclairii 



eerugmo- 

 sum 

 Tricbomaues colensoi 

 DavalKa novse-zealaudias 

 Lomaria nigra 

 Dicksonia antarctica 



,, lanata 

 Polypodium sylvaticum 

 I^epbrolepis tuberosa 

 Polysticbum vestitum 

 Leptopteris superba 



(5.) The Hawke Bay and Taranaki area, from 39° to 40° south (exclud- 

 ing plants from above 4,000 feet altitude, which will be noticed separately 

 hereafter), contains : — 



