Kirk. — Recent Additions to the Xew Zealand Flora. xxxix 



This singular variety has more the appearance of a casual "sport" than 

 a permaneut form. It differs from the type iu its more slender hranchlets, 

 and the brownish-green hue of its more distant leaves. 



South Island — Head-waters of the Eakaia. 



Mr. Armstrong agrees with me in considering this a form of F. vernicosa, 

 Hook. f. 



Veronica obovata, Kirk ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IX., p. 502. 

 Allied to V. Jcevis, but very different in habit and leaves. 

 South Island — Broken Eiver, Canterbury. 



Veronica canescens, Kirk; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IX., p. 503. 



The only New Zealand species with solitary, axillary flowers. 



South Island — Lake Lyndon, Canterbury, 2,800 feet ; Oamaru, Otago. 



PoLYGtONE^. 



Bimex neglectus, Kirk ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IX., p. 493, Ic. PI., t. 1,245. 



North Island — Shingly beaches. Cook Strait. South Island — Dusky 

 Bay ; Bluff' Harbour. 



ChENOPODIAOEjE. 



Chenopodium detestans, Kirk; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IX., p. 550. 



South Island — Between Lake Lyndon and the Cass Eiver, Canterbury ; 

 outlet of Lake Hawea, Otago. 



CONIFEE^. 



Dacrydium intermedium, Kirk; Trans. N.Z. Inst., X., p. 386, pi. XX. 



North Island — Great Barrier Island ; Cape Colville ; Thames Goldfield ; 

 Tongariro. South Island — Dun Mountain, between Greymouth and Okarita. 



Dacrydium westlandicum, Kirk; Hook, f., Ic. PI., t. 1,218; Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst., X., p. 387, pi. XVIII. 

 North Island — Great Barrier Island and Whangaroa ; (identified from 

 young plants only.) South Island — West Coast, from Greymouth to 

 Okarita, etc., etc. 



Dacrydium bidv/illii, Kirk ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., X., p. 388. 



South Island — a. erecta : Nelson ; Canterbury ; West Coast to Dusky 

 "Bay. /3. reclinata : Nelson, by the Thomas Eiver ; Upper Waimakariri ; 

 Arthur's Pass, Canterbury ; West Coast of Otago. 

 Dacrydium kirkii, F. MiieUer in De Caudolle's Prod., vol. XVI., pars. 2, 



p. 495 ; Hook, f., Ic. PI., t. 1,219; Trans. N.Z. Inst., X., p. 390, 



pi. XIX. 

 North Island — Wliaugaroa (North) to Manukau, but local; Great 

 Barrier Island. 

 PhyllocJadus glaiica, Carriere, Coniferes, p. 502; Trans. N.Z. Inst., X., 



p. 380. 



