316 Transactions. — Botany. 



Myesine^. 

 Myrsine salicina, Heward. Moutere, Ngatimoti, etc., in woods at low eleva- 

 tions. I am not aware of any previous record from the South 

 Island. 



,, urvillei, A. DC. Not uncommon in woods at low elevations. 



,, divaricata, A. Cunu. Common, ascends to 3,500 feet near Mount 

 Arthur. 



,, montana, Hook. f. Ux^per Maitai Valley. 



,, nummularifolia, Hook. i. Kaglan Mountains ; Wairau Gorge ; Hope 

 Mountains ; Mount Arthur plateau. 



PEIMULACEiE. 



Samolus repens, Pers. Coast near Nelson, and shores of Blind Bay. 



Apocyne^. 

 Parsonsia albiflora, Eaoul. Common at low elevations. 

 ,, rose«, Eaoul. Near Nelson ; Wairau Valley. 



GeNTIANEjE. 



Gentiana montana, Porst. 



pleurogyiioides, Griseb. 

 saxosa, Forst. 



All more or less abundant in mountain 

 districts. 



BOKAGINE^. 



Myosotis spathulata, Forst. Near Nelson ; Maitai Valley ; Wairau Valley. 

 ,, antarctica, Hook, f, Wairau Valley. 

 ,, australis, Br. Mount Arthur plateau, up to 4,500 feet; Wairau 



Valley, 2,000-4,500 feet. 

 „ forsteri, Eoem. and Sch. Near Nelson ; Takaka Eiver ; BuUer 



Valley. 

 ,, traversii, Hook. f. Shingle slopes, Wairau Gorge, alt. 5,000-6,000 

 feet; " Tarndale, Sinclair''' (Handbook). 

 Exarrliena macrantha, Hook. f. Dun Mountain, alt. 4,000 feet ; Mount 

 Arthur and Mount Peel, ascending to 5,500 feet ; Wairau 

 Mountains, 3,000-5,000 feet. 

 ,, saxosa, Hook. {. Dun Mountain, 4,000 feet; Eaglan Mountains, 



4,000-4,500 feet. 



CONYOLVULACEJE. 



Convolvulus sepiuni, L. Common at low elevations. 



,, tuguriorum, Forst. Not uncommon. 



,, soldanella, L. Sand-hills, BUnd Bay. 



Dichondra repens, Forst. Nelson to Motueka, abundant. 



SOLANACE^. 



Solanum aviculare, Forst. Motueka, Motupiko, etc. 

 „ nigrum, L. Nelson, 



