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Aciphylla sqiiarrosa, Forst. Subalpine localities, not uncommon. 



,, colensoi, Hook. f. Subalpine and alpine localities, abundant. 

 ,, lyallii, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau, ascending to 5,500 feet. 

 ,, monroi, Hook. f. Abundant in alpine situations. 

 Ligusticumjilifolium, Hook. L Dun Mountain ; Wairau Mountains; Hope 

 Mountains, etc. 

 ,, deltoideum, Cheeseman, n.sp. Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 4,500 feet. 

 ,, carnosulum, Hook. f. Shingle slopes above the Wairau Gorge. 

 ,, piliferum, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau ; Mount Peel ; 

 Kaglan Mountains ; mountains above the Wairau Gorge. 

 Ascends to 6,500 feet. 

 ,, aromaticum, Banks and Sol. An abundant mountain plant. 

 ,, imhricatum, Hook. f. Summit of Mount Peel, alt. 6,000 feet. 

 Angelica gingidiimi, Hook. f. Abundant in many localities. 

 Daucus brachiatus, Sieber. Near Nelson, etc. 



Aealiaceje. 

 Panax simplex, Forst. Abundant in woods throughout the district. 

 ,, edgerleyi, Hook. f. Graham Eiver ; Pearce Eiver. 

 „ anomalum, Hook. Not uncommon in lowland forests. 

 „ Uneare, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau and sources of the Takaka 

 Eiver, forming a large proportion of the undergrowth in the 

 Fagus forest, above 3,000 feet alt. The most northern locality 

 yet recorded. 

 Panax crassifolium, Dene, and Planch. Common in woods below 2,000 

 feet alt. 

 ,, ferox,'Kivk. Graham Eiver ; Duller Valley ; near Nelson, ZiV^ / 

 ,, colensoi, Hook. f. Abundant. Ascends to nearly 5,000 feet. 

 „ arhoreimi, Forst. Common throughout the district. 

 Schefflera digitata, Forst. Nelson ; Motueka ; Wairau Valley ; Duller Valley. 



Corner. 

 Griselinia lucida, Forst. Mackay's Knob, near Nelson. 



,, littoralis. Everywhere in the Fagus forests. 

 Corokia cotoneaster, Eaoul. Nelson ; Lake Eotoiti and Duller Valley ; 

 Wairau Valley. 



LORANTHACE^. 



Loranthus colensoi, Hook. f. Common ; parasitic on the species of Fagus. 

 „ decussatus, Kirk. Mount Arthur plateau ; mountains in the 

 Duller Valley ; Wairau Valley. Ascends to a higher elevation 

 than the preceding species. 

 ,, flaviduSj'S.ook. i. Abundant; usually parasitic on i^a^zts so Zant^n. 

 Tupeia antarctica, Cham, and Schl. Lower Motueka ; Graham Eiver. 



