306 Transactions. — Botany. 



Alectryon excelsum, DO. Nelson and vicinity; Grraham Eiver; Lower 

 Motiieka. 



COBIAEIE^. 



Coriaria ruscifolia, L. Abundant throughout the district. 



,, thymifolia, Humb. Mount Arthur plateau; Wairau Gorge ; Hope 

 Mountains, BuUer Valley. 



Leguminos^. 

 Carmichmlia nana, Col. Dry shingly places in river beds. Motueka and 

 Motupiko Valleys ; Wairau Valley ; BuUer Valley, etc. 

 ,, australis, Br. Near Nelson; Motueka; Foxhill, etc. 



,, odorata, Col. Buller Valley. 



,, flag elUfo7'mis, Col. Maitai Valley; Wairau Valley ; Lake Eotoiti ; 

 Buller Valley. 

 Sofhora tetraptera, Ait. Not uncommon. 



EOSACE^. 



Fiuhus australis, Forst., vars. a, /3, y. Common in many places. 

 Potentilla anserina, L. Cominon. 



Geum urbanum, L., var. strictum. Wairau Valley; Buller Valley. 

 ,, 'parvifiorum., Comm. Mount Arthur plateau; Eaglan Mountains; 

 Wairau Gorge. 

 Acana sanguisorhcB, Vahl. Common. Ascends to 3,500 feet at the Wairau 

 Gorge. 

 ,, nov(B-zealancli(B, 'Kirk. Near Nelson ; Foxhill; Motueka. 

 ,, adscendens, Vahl. Wairau Gorge. 

 ,, glabra, Buchanan. Wairau Gorge. 

 ,, microphylla, Hook. f. Buller Valley and Lake Eotoiti; Wairau 



Valley. 

 ,, inermis, Hook. f. Upper Motueka and Motupiko; Wairau Valley ; 

 Lake Eotoiti. 



Saxifrages. 

 Donatia novce-zealandice, Hook. f. Tarns on Mount Peel, alt. 5,000 feet. 



The most northern locality yet recorded. 

 Quintinia serrata, A. Cunn., var. /3. Graham Eiver; Takaka Eiver; "Aorere 



VaUey, alt. 1,400 feet, Travers'' (Handbook). 

 Carpodetus serratus, Forst. Abundant in lowland forests. 

 Weinmannia racemosa, Forst. Abundant in forests. Ascends to 4,000 feet 

 elevation. 



Crassulace^. 

 Tillcea sindairii, Hook. f. Buller Valley, between the Devil's Grip and 

 Lake Eotoiti ; Wairau VaUey. 

 „ verticillaris, DC. Near Nelson ; Wairau Valley. 



