XXX AirpencUx. 



Pittosporum kirkii, Hook, f., MS. ; Ivirk, Trans. N.Z. Inst., IV., p. 264. 



North Island — Wliangarei to Thames Goldfield, hut very local ; Great 

 Barrier Island. 



Pittosporum umbellatum, Banks and Sol., var. cordatum. Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst., IV., p. 264. 

 North Island— Great Barrier Island. 



Pittosporum virgatum, Kirk ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 161. 



North Island — Whangaroa (North) ; Great Barrier Island. 



Pittosporum ralphii, Kirk ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 161. 

 North Island— Patea ; Great Barrier Island. 



Pittosporum "intermedium," Kirk; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IV., p. 266. 

 North Island — Kawau. 



Pittosporum ellipticum, Kh-k ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IV., p. 266. 



Suh-species ovatum. 



North Island — " elUpticxim,'" Manaia Hills; ^^ ovatum,'" Whangaroa 



(North); Titirangi. 



Malvace^. 



Hibiscus diversifolius, Jacq. ; Kirk, Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 163. 



North Island — Spirits Bay ; near Wanganui, etc. 



TiLIACEiE. 



Aristotelia erecta, Buchanan ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 209. 

 I have not seen specimens. 

 North Island — Patea. 

 South Island — Wyndham ; Lake District, Otago. 



EUTACE^. 



Melicope ternata, Forst., var. mantellii. 



iljf. mantellii, Buchanan ; Trans. N.Z. Inst,, III., p. 212. 



This plant appears to be a hybrid between M. ternata and M. simplex ; 

 it is usually found in situations where both species occur, and presents the 

 characters of both in varying degrees : on the whole the foliage approaches 

 more closely to M. ternata ; the inflorescence to M. simplex. 



North Island — Auckland; Thames Goldfield; common about Wellington. 



EOSACE^. 



Rubus australis, Forst., var. parva, 



R.parva, J. Buchanan; Trans. N.Z. Inst., VI., p. 243, pi. XXII., figs. 2 and 3. 



Whole plant of a peculiar bronzed hue, stems from a few inches to 

 several feet in length ; leaves often reduced to a single leaflet; panicle few- 

 flowered. In its most diminutive form this plant departs widely from the 

 type, but not to a greater extent than other varieties. 



South Island — Lower iiaxt of the Otha Valley ; Biunner Paddock ; 

 Inangahua VaUey. 



