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ubiquitous. The principal of tliem will therefore have now to be briefly 

 considered in three separate divisions, viz., (1.) Plants common to the 

 whole North Island ; (2) Plants (unenumerated as to area or zone) not 

 found in the south parts of the island ; and (3) Plants (also unenumerated 

 as to area or zone) not found in the north parts of the island. 



(1.) Plants common to the whole North Island. 



Among these the following may be noticed : — Gardamine hirsuta, in 

 all soils and situations, to the altitude of 2,500 feet ; UlcEocarpus dentatus ; 

 Aristotelia racemosa, Alectryon excelsiim ; Dodoncea viscosa ; Pelargonium 

 clandestinum, from the sea coast to 2,000 feet ; Oxalis corniculata, in 

 all soils from the sea to 2,000 feet ; O. magellanica, from 500 to 5,000 

 feet ; Tldioardsia grandiflora, in all soils from the sea to 2,500 feet ; 

 Coriaria ruscifolia, in all soils (but not i7i woods) from the sea to 3,000 feet ; 

 Hithis australis, in all soils from the sea to 2,500 feet ; Aecena sanguisorlxs, in 

 all soils from the sea to 3,000 feet ; Fuchsia excorticata, from the coast to 

 2,000 feet ; Epilohmm nummular if oUum and E. i^otmidifolium, ascending to 

 3,500 feet; E. alsinoides, junceu7n,2ijidi- pithens, to 1,000 feet; Leptosperm2i,m 

 scoparium, in all soils from the sea to 3,000 feet ; Goprosma lucida, grandifoUa 

 roiusta, and. tenuicaulis ; Nertera depressa ; Brachyglottis repanda ; Sonchus 

 oleraceus, everywhere ; Wahlenhergia gracilis, from the sea to 3000 feet ; 

 Gaultheria antipoda from the coast to 3,000 feet ; Myrsine salicina, ausfralis, 

 SbXiddivaricata; Olea cunninghamii ; Parsonsia,8^.; Solamcmaviciolare&'n.d.mg7'um, 

 from the sea to 1,500 feet ; Veronica salicifolia, from the sea to 2,500 feet ; 

 Mentha cunninghamii, ascending to 500 feet; Nesodaphne taiva, from 500 to 

 2,000 feet; Atherosperma novcs-zealandice, from near the coast to 1,500 feet ; 

 Sedycarya dentata, Knightia excelsa, Pimelea prostrata, and P. itrvilleana, 

 from the coast to 1,000 feet ; Podocarpus ferritginea from near the coast to 

 3,000 feet ; P. spicata, from 500 to 2,500 feet ; P. totara, from the sea coast to 

 3,000 feet ; P. dacrydioides, from the coast to nearly 1,000 feet ; Dacrydium 

 cupressinum, from 500 to 2,500 feet ; Phyllocladus trichomanoides, ascending 

 to 3,000 feet. The Orchideous genera, Uarina, Dendroliitm, Bolbophyllum, 

 Thelymitra, Microtis, and AciantJius. Phormium tenax, and P. colensoi and 

 their varieties, in all soils and situations, from the sea coast to 4,000 feet ; 

 Gordyline australis, in all soils and situations, from the coast to 3,000 feet ; 

 Areca sapida, from 200 to 1,500 feet ; Rhipogonum parviflorum, in woods, 

 from coast to 2,000 feet ; Arundo conspicua, in all soils and situations, from 

 the coast to 2,500 feet ; Gyathea medullaris and G. dealhata, from 200 to 

 2,000 feet ; Bichsonia squarrosa, from 500 to 1,500 feet ; Kymenophyllum 

 multifidum, dilatatum, polyanthos, and demissum ; Trichomanes reniforme, and 

 T. venosum ; Pteris escidenta, in all soils not wholly wet, from the coast to 



