310 Transactions. — Botany. 



EuBIACEiE. 



Coprosma lucida, Forst. Abundant throughout the district. 



,, grandifolia, Hook. f. Near Nelson ; Foxhill ; Lower Motueka ; 



Moutere, etc. ; Buller Valley. I can find no previous record 

 of the occurrence of this species in the South Island ; but it 

 is too abundant to have escaped observation. 

 ,, iaMmawa, Endl. Coast north of Nelson, r.F.C; " Massacre Bay, 



Lyall " (Handbook). 

 rohusta, Eaoul. Abundant. 



cunninghamii, Hook. f. Near Nelson ; Graham Eiver. 

 serrulata, Hook. f. Alpine locahties in Nelson, BucJianan (Trans. 



N.Z. Inst., vol. iii., p. 212). 

 rotundifolia, A. Cunn. Apparently common in swampy forests at 



low elevations. Foxhill ; Moutere ; Lower Motueka, etc. 

 rhamnoides, A. Cunn. Nelson ; Foxhill, etc. 

 joarviflora, Hook. f. Common in many places. 

 fcetidissima, Forst. Plentiful throughout the district, in many 



places forming the chief undergrowth in the Fagus forests. 

 cuneata, Hook. f. Wairau Mountains. 

 acerosa, A. Cunn. Sand-hills, shores of Blind Bay. 

 depressa, Col. ? Mount Arthm- plateau. 

 microcarpa, Col.? Graham Eiver; Mount Arthur plateau; Maitai 



VaUey, etc. 

 linariifolia. Hook. f. Abundant. 



repens, Hook. f. In alpine localities, not uncommon. I can find 

 no distinguishing characters between this and G. pumila, and 

 believe both to be forms of the same plant. 

 Nertera depressa, Banks and Sol. Mount Arthur plateau; Eaglan Mountains. 



,, dicliondrcefolia, Hook. f. Abundant. 

 Galium umbrostim, Forst. Nelson and vicinity ; Wakau VaUey ; Buller 



Valley. 

 Aspenila perpusilla, Hook. f. Not uncommon in dry and subalpine localities. 

 Ascends to 4,500 feet on the Mount Arthur plateau. 

 Composite. 

 Olearia nitida, Hook. f. Not uncommon. 



,, cunninghamii, Hook. f. From Nelson and Motueka to the Big 



Bush, abundant. 

 ,, lacunosa, Hook. f. Sources of the Takaka Eiver, alt. 3,000 feet ; 

 Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000 feet; Mountains between the 

 Hope and Owen Elvers, Buller District, alt. 4,000 feet; "Lake 

 Eotoroa " (Handbook). 



