314 Transactions. — Botany, 



Senecio lagopus, Eaoiil. Common in siibalpine localities. 

 ,, helliclioides, Hook. f. Common with the preceding. 

 ,, latifolius, Banks and Sol. Sources of the Takaka Eiver, alt. 3,000 

 feet. Leaves unusually broad, but the specimens do not other- 

 wise differ from North Island ones. 

 ,, lautus, Forst. Coast near Nelson, and shores of Blind Bay, abun- 

 dant ; Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 4,000 feet (a stout, succu- 

 lent, large-flowered form). 

 ,, lyallii, Hook. f. Wairau Gorge ; mountains by the Eainbow 



Eiver. 

 ,, hectori, Buchanan. Graham Eiver, Pearce Eiver, and other tribu- 

 taries of the Motueka rising on the Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 

 400 to 2,800 feet ; sources of the Takaka Eiver, alt. 3,000 

 feet ; Upper Buller VaUey. I am also informed that it is 

 abundant in the upper part of the Aorere Valley. The finest 

 species of the genus in New Zealand. 

 ,, laxiflorus, Buchanan. Wairau Gorge, alt. 3,000 feet. 

 ,, elmignifoU'Us, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau, abundant; Upper 



Buller Valley ; Wairau Valley. 

 ,, hidwillii, Hook. f. " Mountains of Nelson, Bidioill, Rough " (Hand- 

 book). 

 ,, ti.sp. Mount Arthur and Mount Peel, ascending to 5,500 feet. 

 Allied to S. robusta, Buchanan, but differing in the lax 

 panicled infloresence, smaller, oblong, much more coriaceous 

 leaves, with strongly revolute margins. The whole plant is 

 even more viscid than S. robusta. Inflorescence nearly 

 glabrous. 

 ,, monroi, Hook. f. " Nelson Mountains, Monro " (Handbook). 

 ,, cassinioides, Hook. f. Upper Wairau Valley. 

 Brachyglottis repanda, Forst. Lowland forests, especially on dry soils. 

 Traversia baccharoides, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau ; Upper Buller 



Valley and Lake Eotoiti; Wairau Valley. 

 Microseris forsteri, Hook. f. Common. 

 Crepis novcB-zealandm, Hook. f. Wairau Valley. 

 Taraxacum dens-leonis, Desf. In many places on the mountains. 

 Sonchus oleraceus, L. Abundant through the district. 



Stylidie^. 

 Oreostylidium subtdatum, Berggren. Not uncommon in alpine localities. 

 Mount Arthur plateau, Hope Mountains ; Buller Valley, 

 between the Devil's Grip and Lake Eotoiti ; Wairau Moun- 

 tains ; Wairau Gorge. 



