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My first knowledge of this plant was obtained in 1873, when it was 

 collected by Dr. Hector and myself near Nelson, but the specimens were 

 not in sufficiently good condition to allow of a diagnosis being drawn. I have 

 not seen either male or female flowers in a perfect condition, so that the 

 description must be considered as provisional. 



Mr. Buchanan states that this plant is common near Duuedin and 

 Nelson : he must have been misinformed as to its frequency about Nelson, 

 since it is remarkably local in that district, and occurs but sparingly. 



Panax lessonii, DC, var. heterophylla ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., I., p. 142, 

 (edition 1.) 



Leaves dimorphic ; on old plants unifoliolate, ovate-acuminate, petioles 

 1-2 inches long, lamina 1^-2 inches, and trifoliolate, on petioles 3 inches 

 long, leaflets sessile, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate-acuminate ; fruit as in the 

 typical form. 



North Island — Whangaroa (North). 



Panax discolor, Kirk; Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 178. 



A dioecious species allied to P. lessonii, DC., styles 5. 



In the catalogue of northern plants published in the 2nd A'"olume of 

 " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute," (p. 243), Mr. Buchanan has 

 referred this plant to P. simplex, which does not occur north of the Hauraki 

 Gulf. 



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

 Island ; Little Barrier Island ; Cape Colville ; Thames Goldfield. 



LORANTHACE^. 



Loranlhus decLissatus, Kirk; Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., p. 162. 



North Island — Cape Colville Peninsula ; Titirangi. South Island — 

 From Nelson to Otago. 



EUBIACE^. 



Coprosma arborea, Kirk; Trans. N.Z. Inst., X., p. 420. 



North Island — From North Cape to Hauraki Gulf; Yv^aiheki Island. 

 Coprosma serrulata, Hook, f., MS. ; Buchanan, Trans. N.Z. Inst., III., 

 p. 212. 



A very distinct robust species 1-2 feet high ; bark white and papery 

 on old branches ; iaterpetiolar stipules very large, ciliated when young ; 

 male flowers axillary, solitary, or in 2-3-flowered fascicles, sessile or nearly 

 so; calyx cleft nearly to the base, lobes broad; corolla not seen ; female 

 flowers (specimen very imperfect) apparently solitary, sessile. The margin 

 of the leaf is shortly lacerate rather than serrulate. The young leaves of 

 (J. rohusta are truly serrulate. 



