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liousia minima (n.), Hawke Bay, Geiiiii parviflorum, summit of Eualiine 

 Range, east side, 5,000 feet altitude. Gunnera prorepens (n.), Elat Point, 

 Soutii-east Coast. ^Meryta sinclairii (n.), Wliangaruru Bay. -■'^Angelica 

 geniculata, Hawke Bay. Lorantlms colensoi (n.), Waikere Lake. Coprosvia 

 repens (n.), between Mount Tongariro and Ruahine E-ange ; and C. petiolata 

 (ii.), between Castle Point and Paliawa. Gotiola pej'pusilla (n.), Turakirae, 

 Palliser Bay. Abrotanella pusilla (n.), near tlie top of Euahine Range. 

 Gnaplialium (HelicJtrystim) colensoi (■??.), summit of Ruabine Range, east 

 side. Forstera hidivillii, west side of Ruabine Range, 4,000 feet altitude. 

 SelojjJiylhMn colensoi (n.), summit of Ruabine Range, 5,000 feet altitude. 

 Myrsine nummular ia {n.), west side of Ruabine Range, 4,500 feet altitude. 

 *Logania depressa (n.), between Tauj)o and Ruabine. Calceolaria repens 

 («.), west base of Ruabine. Exarrliena saxosa («.), Hawke Bay. Utricu- 

 laria protrusa (n.), Bay of Plenty. Gassytlia paniculata, near Mount Camel. 

 Ascarina lucida (n.)., tbree trees growing togetber in a swamp, at Wairarapa. 

 Spiranthes ausfralis, Upper Waikato. Adenocliilus gracilis («.), near Lake 

 Waikare. Anthericum hookeri («.), between Mount Tongariro and tbe 

 west base of Ruabine. Symenopliyllum unilaterale (according to Dr. 

 Hooker, but a sp. nov. onihi), on one tree only, but plentiful upon it, in 

 tbe dense forest, west side of Ruabine Range, 3,000 feet altitude. Triclio- 

 onanes colensoi (w.), near Lake Waikare. Adiantmn formosuni, only in one 

 spot in tbe dense forest between Wairarapa and Manawatu. Sypolepis 

 millefoliiwi Qi.), near tbe top of Ruabine Range, east side. Asplenium 

 trichomanes, Hawke Bay. Gymnogramme rutcefolia, near Cape Palliser. 

 Grammifis rifusvillosa (n.), tbree specimens only, growing togetber in tbe 

 dense forest, east base of Tararua Range. Siccia natans, in tbe little lake 

 Rotoakiwa, Hawke Bay ; and Biccia fiuitans, at tbe bead of tbe Waira- 

 rapa Valley. 



15. Tbe Nortb Island of New Zealand also contains several well-known 

 European plants, wbicb were found bere by ber earlier scientific visitors 

 (exclusive of tbe best of common plants wbicb bave come in witb coloniza- 

 tion) ; some of wbicb, curiously enougb, bave not been found elsewbere 

 in tbe Soutbern Hemispbere. Tbose European plants (several of wbicb are 

 cosmopolites) are of tbe following natural orders, viz., — Cruciferse, 3 

 Caryopbyllese, 2 ; Malvacese, 1 ; Greraniacese, 2 ; Oxalidese, 1 ; Coriariese, 1 

 Rosacese, 2 ; Onagrariese, 1 ; Haloragese, 1 ; Compositse, 5 ; Solanese, 1 

 Cbenopodiacese, 4 ; Naiadese, 3 ; Aroidese, 4 ; Juncese, 3 ; Cyperacese, 6 

 Grraminese, 4 ; Eilices, 7 ; and Lycopodiacece, 1 ; — total species, 57. It ia 

 wortby of remark tbat not a single species is bard-wooded, scarcely even a 



* Of those marked with a star (*) before them, a single plant only has been seen ; the 

 letter w. after the name, denotes such to be a «eiy species. 



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